How does Americas broken health care system make assisted suicide dangerous?
A. Our health care delivery system has many problems. Low-income and minority patients often receive inadequate care. If I-1000 passes, people may feel forced into ending their lown life prematurely to save themselves or their families from skyrocketing medical costs. America’s health care system is sick, but encouraging terminally ill patients to kill themselves is not the cure. Q. What do proponents mean when they say I-1000 is only the “first step?” A. Initiative 1000 has received most of its funding from out-of-state special interest groups who have worked for decades to legalize assisted suicide in America. These groups want to legalize assisted suicide for everyone – not just the terminally ill. The New York Times (12/2/07) said, “[Booth] Gardner’s campaign is a compromise; he sees it as a first step. If he can sway Washington to embrace a restrictive law, then other states will follow. And gradually, he says, the nation’s resistance will subside, the culture will shift and laws
