State to Allow the Dying to Die

Here's an article that might be of interest given our program this month:

Washington state to allow `dignity' deaths

By RACHEL LA CORTE

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state.

But even though the "Death with Dignity" law takes effect Thursday, people who might seek the life-ending prescriptions could find their doctors conflicted or not willing to write them.

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