From "Vermont House Rejects Assisted Suicide - "Incredible Victory" Says Anti-Euthanasia Leader" by Gudrun Schultz, posted 3/22/07, at LifeSite.net
The Vermont House of Representatives voted against a proposal yesterday that would have made the state the second in the country to permit physician-assisted suicide, following Oregon.
House members voted 82-63 against the measure euphemistically entitled "Patient Choice and Control at End of Life," after a week of impassioned debate on the issue, the Associated Press reported. The legislation would have made it legal for a doctor to assist a patient with a terminal illness to commit suicide by prescribe lethal medication.
"In my view, (the bill) goes too far in enforcing one group's preferences on the traditional values of others," said Rep. Harvey Otterman.
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All laws force SOMEONE'S 'preferences' on others...
