The following comes from an August 14 CBS San Francisco article:
A San Francisco Superior Court judge Friday upheld the enforcement of California laws dating back 141 years barring physician-assisted suicide after hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by several terminally ill patients.
Several plaintiffs including Christy O’Donnell and her Bay Area doctor, Robert Brody, brought the San Francisco lawsuit asking that doctors be allowed to provide such treatment to patients who are mentally competent without fear of prosecution.
Defending the law, California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office wrote in recent court papers, “California law prohibits assisted suicide without exception.”
“While plaintiffs pose many difficult policy questions worthy of public debate, it is for the Legislature, not this court, to grapple with these important policy issues,” the state attorney general’s said in court documents.
The judge repeatedly expressed concern Friday about the possibility that, if the law was changed, a patient who is suffering financially from a terminal illness would be able to choose to die simply because their family wasn’t able to afford their continued medical expenses.
What’s that I see in the distance? Could it be the Culture of Life rising in California? Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love is everlasting. Let the house of Israel say, “His love is everlasting.” It is our duty to love and care for the sick, the vulnerable, the discouraged, the rejected in our society. Reason and love has prevailed in our times. Let us be vigilant yet grateful for the rejection of physician assisted suicide in California.+
Those who wish to kill themselves should not involve others.
God gave everyone a free will – to choose everything – including Heaven or Hell.
“Not involve others?” Surely you must not mean that. We need to be our brother’s keeper in the matter of defense of life. If someone is so morose, depressed, or in despair, we, as “others” must come to their aid.
CCC: ” 2277 Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick, or dying persons.
It is morally unacceptable.
Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.
The error of judgment into which one can fall in good faith does not change the nature of this murderous act, which must always be forbidden and excluded. “
Americans all need to get down on their knees, and give love, honor, and respect to God, our Creator, the Source of all Life! Only God can make a life! And only God can take a life! All Life is in His hands! That used to be a universally-accepted truth, in America! Our Nation desperately needs to go back to her religious roots! And all doctors, taking the Hippocratic Oath, must PROTECT LIFE, until the very moment when God Himself takes a soul to Heaven!! In our time of suffering, if we turn to God, He will give us the strength we need, to carry our heavy crosses, with Jesus, and bear all our painful trials!