Physician-Assisted Suicide – For Real?

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The election is over and we know whatthe vote result is in the Massachusetts vote on Physician-AssistedSuicide proposition 2. I may as well state now that I am not infavor of this proposition in any way, shape, or form. I am not aresident of Massachusetts, but this will possibly be on the ballot inother states in the years ahead and I feel it is necessary to speakout now.
It was narrowly defeated thankgoodness. At least this will give other states pause for rushingthis to a vote. Is the battle over? Don't count on it as there maybe an appeal to the state supreme court and if the justices do likethey have in some other states on other issues, it may be necessaryto take it to the US Supreme Court to have the vote upheld.
This is one reason I am grateful toDavid Mendosa for using the words of Pastor Martin Niemöller in hisblog, on page 2. I have been searching for this for many years andit sure fits this situation.
Pastor MartinNiemöller said it:

First,they came for the socialists,
andI didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Thenthey came for the trade unionists,
andI didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Thenthey came for the Jews,
andI didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Thenthey came for me,
andthere was no one left to speak for me.
One piece of information that I havenot seen in the discussion is the crimes committed by unethicalphysicians and other medical personnel that take the lives of peoplethat are ill and may or may not be near death. With these crimeshappening, and physician-assisted suicide made legal, prosecutingthese offenders will be made much more difficult, if not almostimpossible.
The laws may be well crafted, but theymay be sidestepped quite easily by those that are greedy and thinkthis will limit continued rising healthcare costs. Under the currenthealthcare law, the incentives may be there for more physicians topractice euthanasia on a much larger scale rather than spend themoney possibly to extend life. They will argue that quality of lifewas the deciding issue when in fact it may not be.
In a discussion, David Mendosa asked meto think about what many people do to their pets when the pet isseriously ill or near the end of life. Yes, I have had pets put downwhen they had a disease with no cure possible, but most of the time Ilet nature take its course. Animals are one thing, but when is comesto humans, several religions view human life as given by God and notto be taken by anyone including suicide. This seems like a conflictto many people and I will not argue the point. I am against medicalpersonnel being able legally to assist suicide or having any rightfor euthanasia.
I will continue to speak out againstphysician-assisted suicide or medical euthanasia as practiced in manyhospitals. Yes, I have said it, and know that many doctors andnurses practice medical euthanasia and report it as adverse events oroften don't even report anything about it. Under the Affordable CareAct, hospitals will have monetary incentives to reduce medical costs– hence the medical euthanasia topic is on the table and will bepracticed to reduce costs and reap the monetary rewards offered bythe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.