Washington State Implements Assisted Suicide Law

(4 March 09-RV) The US state of Washington will become the second state to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminally ill patients seeking to hasten their deaths, tomorrow. Referred to by supporters as the “death with dignity act”, the assisted suicide measure has been legal in the  neighbouring state of Oregon for 10 years. Richard Doerflinger is the assistant director of the secretariat for pro life activities at the United States conference of Catholic Bishops. He says that assisted suicide is a gruesome way to die and that people need to understand true compassion….