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c. 2006 Religion News Service
Oregon Senator Says He'll Fight to Keep State's Assisted Suicide Law
WASHINGTON _ Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has said he will try to block a federal bill that would override Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law.
Wyden said Tuesday (Sept. 5) he has...
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Assisted Suicide May Become Newest GOP Campaign Issue
c. 2006 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Congress was trying to pass a war funding bill and members were heading for a weekend recess when Sen. Sam Brownback held a rushed subcommittee hearing.
The Kansas Republican, one of the Senate's most socially conservative members, schedu...
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Muslim-on-muslim violence; lessons learned from a son’s suicide
In Monday's RNS report Omar Sacirbey writes about Muslim-on-Muslim violence, in which extremists are targeting moderate Muslims: Muslim-on-Muslim violence has existed since Islam's Prophet Muhammad died in 632. But now, some observers say, Islamic extremists are expanding their campai...
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Nuns’ resolve; and what the assisted suicide ruling means for states and for one particular se
In Tuesday's RNS report David Briggs reports on a solution to the issue of dwindling numbers of nuns: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cleveland, becoming part of a national trend finding strength in numbers amid rapidly declining and aging populations, have voted to join with six other c...
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Assisted Suicide Issue Painfully Personal for Senator Who Lost Depressed Son
c. 2006 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith rarely shies from action when public policy collides with his private pain. But if Senate colleagues try again to thwart his state's assisted-suicide law, this time Smith wants no part of it.
The issue has become...
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Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law
c. 2006 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) When Oregon became the first state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in 1997, backers hoped _ and opponents feared _ that others would follow.
None did. Oregon remains the only state where a doctor can legally prescribe a drug dose aimed a...
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Victories for assisted suicide law; Evangelicals grapple with immigration policy
In Wednesday's RNS transmission Jim Barnett reports that efforts to block the assisted suicide law will likely wither: Republicans control both chambers of Congress and likely could muster enough votes to block an Oregon law allowing physician-assisted suicide. But an apparent about-f...
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Assisted suicide ruling; Traffic evangelist
In Tuesday's RNS report Adelle M. Banks reports on reaction to the Supreme Court's assisted suicide ruling today: Advocates reacted with triumph and disappointment to Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law, which touches on a variety of...
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Supreme Court Sides With State’s Right to Legalize Assisted Suicide
c. 2006 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Advocates reacted with disappointment and triumph to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that continues the ethical debate on assisted suicide but keeps intact Oregon's law permitting the procedure.
In a 6-3 decision announced Tuesday (Jan. 17)...
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Justices Appear Split Over Doctor-Assisted Suicide
c. 2005 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ After 11 years, two referendums and a court case of four years, the fate of Oregon's experiment with doctor-assisted suicide remains in doubt as Supreme Court justices appear split over its potential to subvert federal authority.
Oregon's...
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