Kathryn Tucker, the lawyer for the euphemistically named Compassion and Choices, who won the trial court ruling establishing a right to assisted suicide in Oregon (and I contend, much more) has shown a bit of the real agenda behind the movement. In reacting to the victory, she suggested that the state would look to Oregon for guidance on death regulations, but would have to be less stringent. From the story:
Attorney Kathryn Tucker—who brought the case for right to die groups—expects Montana to look to Oregon and Washington for guidance. But she says Montana will have more freedom. Kathryn Tucker: “Let’s just take the example of the waiting period. In Oregon there’s a minimum 15-day waiting period. That provision very possibly would not survive constitutional scrutiny because it would be unduly burdensome.”Wow. Unduly burdensome to wait two whole weeks for suicide: Culture of death? What culture of death? It is all in my paranoid imagination.
