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We have more action, more pressure put on the Governor...

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GOOD JOB!!!!

Leslie
On Feb 11, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Susan Sutherland wrote:

They put a staffer named Blaine on the phone and we spoke for 12 minutes. He stated emphatically that the Gov will not step in in the Lauren Richardson case and that she has complete faith in the system. There is a separation of powers and it's in place for a reason. The decision rest in the hands of the court & the judge. blah, blah, blah... Then he stated that Gov Minner will follow the law. I asked him what about the law, Do Not Murder; he continued on the path that she, the Gov cannot step in. After telling him that she, being the Gov, of course can step in and I asked him if he would correct his statement to say that she WON'T step in.

That led us to his next point of where do you draw the line? If the Gov steps in in one case, where do you draw the line? How about drawing the line when it comes to murdering an innocent woman by starvation, I posed to him. Blaine continued to hold fast to his argument and after several more minutes, his closing statement was, "She'll do what's right in her eyes and for her constituents." I made sure that he understood that "right in her eyes" does not make it truly right and that there is a standard. And, long after this case has passed from the public eye, Gov Minner will have to relive it in her her mind's eye, and that she will stand before the only Judge that matters. I asked Blaine to please tell Gov Minner that if she does nothing, Lauren Richardson's blood will be on her hands.

He who has ears to hear...

-Susan...............

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"We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest."

Olympia...

"It's the water..."

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Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- A lawsuit euthanasia opponents have filed will prevent backers of a statewide initiative making the state the second to legalize assisted suicide from gathering signatures to put it on the November ballot. Opponents say the wording of the ballot proposal is misleading and doesn't give voters complete information.

Under the measure, Washington residents who have less than six months to live would be able to ask a doctor for a prescription for lethal drugs to kill themselves.

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Ironically, just months ago Gardner underwent deep brain surgery for Parkinson's Disease, which could possibly be used to help incapacitated patients like Terri Schiavo.

Bioethics watchdog Wesley J. Smith says the former governor is ignoring the dangers and problems associated with allowing doctors to have a role in killing their patients.

"The potential for--and abuses that are actually happening--from legalized assisted suicide are well documented," Smith says.

"But advocates like Gardner willfully ignore that part of the story. Bluntly stated, they want what they want for themselves and don't care who gets hurt," he adds...........................

Washington Lawsuit Stalls Bid to Gather Signatures to Legalize Assisted Suicide

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