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Hospitals Won’t Help w/Suicides

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Item: Hospitals won’t help patients end lives: Deaconess, Valley will opt out of law /John Stucke, SR

More Info: Spokane hospitals will not allow physicians to prescribe or administer lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients, opting out of a voter-approved initiative that allows the controversial practice. Executives at Deaconess Medical Center, along with Valley Medical Center and Hospital, announced their decision Thursday.

Question: Do you agree with the stand taken by Spokane hospitals?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog