OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A 66-year-old woman who had stage 4 pancreatic cancer is the first person to die under Washington state's new assisted suicide law.
Linda Fleming of Sequim died Thursday night after taking drugs prescribed under the "Death with Dignity" law that took effect in March. Assisted suicide group Compassion & Choices of Washington announced Fleming's death Friday morning.
LINKIn Scripture, it is always and only the ungodly who take their own lives:
1 Samuel 31:4-6 4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it. 5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him. 6 Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
It's sad that we have come to the point in which suicide - the ultimate acts of despair and hatred - is now viewed as "compassionate," particularly with the sorts of pain management that is available today.
A fine sermon on the subject of the Assisted Suicide law here in Washington State - preached just before the vote - is available here.
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