Under the bill, young adults with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, are "eligible" for assisted suicide and euthanasia. The bill, if passed, will create the following problems:
- The encouragement of people with years to live to throw away their lives.
- The creation of new paths of elder abuse, especially for people with money (in the inheritance context).
- The empowerment of health care systems to steer patients to suicide, which is well documented in Oregon, one of the few states where assisted suicide is legal.
- A likely increase in other "conventional" suicides, including violent suicides by firearms.
To view documentation regarding these problems, and other problems with legalization, please click here for the text; click here for the attachments.