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Starting Thursday, New Jersey will become the eighth state in America to allow terminally ill residents to end their lives with a prescription from their doctor . . .

While . . . advocates of the law are elated, many in the medical community are still uncomfortable with the idea of ending lives they committed to preserve. There is currently no consensus on physician-assisted suicide according to the American Medical Association which provided opposing perspectives on the practice in May.

“It is understandable, though tragic, that some patients in extreme duress—such as those suffering from a terminal, painful, debilitating illness—may come to decide that death is preferable to life. However, permitting physicians to engage in assisted suicide would ultimately cause more harm than good,” the AMA wrote in a May opinion expressing the perspective of members who oppose the practice.

“Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks. Instead of engaging in assisted suicide, physicians must aggressively respond to the needs of patients at the end of life,” it continued.

In the opinion supporting the moral basis for assisted-suicide, the group encouraged physicians who opposed the practice to, among other things, be clear with patients about what services they cannot provide in good conscience.

“In general, physicians should refer a patient to another physician or institution to provide treatment the physician declines to offer. When a deeply held, well-considered personal belief leads a physician also to decline to refer, the physician should offer impartial guidance to patients about how to inform themselves regarding access to desired services,” the AMA noted. (Excerpt from Christian Post.)

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Alan K. Veasey
August 1, 2019

Root out corruption in your church O Holy One. This church has false doctrine, apathy, idolatry and toleration
of depravity and intolerance of sound doctrine. To corrupt leaders both secular and ecclesiastic: mene,
mene, tekel upharsin.

Tom
July 31, 2019

Lord God I pray you convicted us that this is happening because your body is not willing to sacrifice what is necessary to love you enough to do 2nd Chronicles 7:14

Theresa Massey
July 31, 2019

I pray that the AMA will stay strong on their opposing this physician assisted suicide and that New Jersey will wake up to the fact that they have no right to play God. An organization by the name of Hospice stepped in with my sick husband years ago, and kept him comfortable through it all. They continue to do so with their patients and know that it is God’s timing, not their own on when someone’s life is over here. It’s very hard to see suffering, especially in the elderly and in children. However, our days have been numbered, and only the Lord knows how long we’ll live before our last breath. I believe in the book of Job, he said, “the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, Blessed be the name of the Lord.” May we truly embrace what the Lord’s will is.

    Tom
    July 31, 2019

    I agree our God’s will is best! I also believe God’s will for us in this situation is 2Chron 7:14 & not expect unbelievers to start acting like believers

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