Vermont Legalizes Physician Assisted Suicide
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Channel: Secular Talk · 2013 · News & Politics
On Monday night, the Vermont legislature passed a bill allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients die if the patient requests it. The controversial proposal, which Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT) has pledged to sign into law, is the first to pass a legislative body in the nation. Vermont will become the fourth state to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses to patients with 6 months or less to live, after a court order in Montana and ballot initiatives in Washington and Oregon legalized the practice... Read More At: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/14/2006491/vermont-lawmakers-approve-bill-allowing-doctors-to-help-terminally-ill-patients-die/ Clip from the Wednesday, May 15th 2013 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday - friday 5-7pm Eastern. Check out our website - and become a member - at: http://www.SecularTalkRadio.com Listen to the Live Show or On Demand archive at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kylekulinski Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kylekulinski Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SecularTalk
