An Open Letter to Baroness Warnock on Assisted Suicide When she said people with Alzheimer’s should be able to appoint someone to request euthanasia for them, Britain’s leading medical ethicist, Baroness Mary Warnock, caused a firestorm of controversy. A similar, but little known, proposal was made by those in the forefront of Oregon’s assisted-suicide law and the current Washington State initiative to legalize assisted suicide. The following open letter to Baroness Warnock explains how she will be far more likely to move toward her goal if she follows the Oregon model.
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