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Washington State is about to put into effect a referendum, passed by voters in November, to allow the terminally ill to ask physicians to assist their suicides.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Washington State is about to put into effect a referendum, passed by voters in November, to allow the terminally ill to ask physicians to assist their suicides. The activists behind the initiative have already made clear that they want euthanasia to be even more widely available: They next want ...

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