This is one of the newly revised US Codes. Please pay attention to (3). I wonder what/where the areas (FEMA Camps?) are that are going to legalize Assisted Suicide, or Mercy Killings. 42 U.S. Code § 14401 - Findings and purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1)The Federal Government provides financial support for the provision of and payment for health care services, as well as for advocacy activities to protect the rights of individuals. (2)Assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing have been criminal offenses throughout the United States and, under current law, it would be unlawful to provide services in support of such illegal activities. (3)Because of recent legal developments, it may become lawful in areas of the United States to furnish services in support of such activities. (4)Congress is not providing Federal financial assistance in support of assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing and intends that Federal funds not be used to promote such activities. (b) Purpose It is the principal purpose of this chapter to continue current Federal policy by providing explicitly that Federal funds may not be used to pay for items and services (including assistance) the purpose of which is to cause (or assist in causing) the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual. (NOTE: This wouldnt be the law if they werent planning on using it. And who is going to to need Mercy Killing, those considered domestic terrorists, Veterans and Retirees, the elderly, special need kids.....YOU?) Is There a Right to Die? By Shannon Firth March 24, 2014, usnewsandworldreport, usnews. Connecticut is one of many states debating whether or not the terminally ill can decide to end their own lives. John Kelly, regional director of Not Dead Yet, argued against the Connecticut bill at the hearing. He talked about the financial influences that affect end-of-life decisions, and cited the example of two Oregon residents who received letters from Oregon Medicaid denying them coverage for chemotherapy, but agreeing to cover the cost of life-ending medication. “Because assisted suicide will always be the cheapest treatment, its availability will inevitably affect medical decision-making,” Kelly said during the hearing. During the same hearing though, state Attorney General George Jepsen refuted claims that assisted suicide laws would coerce people to die anymore than is done already. “Coercion is an issue,” he said. “But it’s going on now, so I suggest we have a law.” Oregon was the first state to legalize assisted suicide in 1994. Three other states have laws that enable terminally ill patients to seek help in dying, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Vermont passed its “End of Life Choices” bill through the legislature in 2013, allowing terminally ill patients to receive lethal prescription medications. Prior to Vermont, Washington passed a similar measure in 2008. Like Oregon, Washington used a popular ballot to enact the controversial policy. And in 2009, Montana’s Supreme Court decided that patients have a right to “die with dignity” under its state law. The court also decided that state law would prevent doctors from being prosecuted if they helped terminally ill patients die, the NSCL reports. A report published by the Oregon Public Health Division in January examined roughly 16 years of data on assisted suicide cases compiled since 1997. Critics say the Oregon study is flawed because it’s based on the prescribing doctors’ reports and not patients’ own views [ALSO: Researchers Find Suicide Trends Among U.S. Soldiers] (NOTE: Interesting they add the military suicide trend. 42 U.S. Code § 14401 doesnt just list assisted suicide, it includes euthanasia and mercy killing.)
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:15:34 +0000
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