Measure Seeking to Legalize Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia Is Dead!

From the Associated Press:

"Supporters said Monday that they didn't collect enough signatures for the proposed ballot questions."

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to get this result. The measure is dead!

Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA, President
Choice Is an Illusion

Updated Analysis of the Initiated Measure

Margaret Dore, Esq.

To view this analysis as a pdf, click the following links containing: an index; a memo; and an appendix, parts one and two.

I. INTRODUCTION

I am an attorney in Washington State where assisted suicide is legal. Our law is based on a similar law in Oregon. Both laws are similar to the initiated measure.

The measure seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia as those terms are traditionally defined. If enacted, it will apply to people with decades to live; it will encourage elder abuse and financial exploitation, which are already problems in South Dakota. It will allow legal murder.

Don’t make Washington and Oregon’s mistake. I urge you to reject the initiated measure.

Legal Analysis of Initiated Measure

This post has been replaced by the "Updated Analysis of Initiated Measure," posted September 9, 2017, which can be viewed by clicking here.

By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA

Don't Sign the Petition

For a pdf version to use as a handout, click here. For back up documentation, click here.

• The measure seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia for people with years or decades to live.

• The measure is sold as completely voluntary, but someone else is allowed to speak for the patient during the lethal dose request process, even a stranger.

• Assisting persons can have their own agendas: an adult child wanting an inheritance; a financial predator seeking financial gain; or a doctor wanting to hide malpractice.