Kevorkian Opposes Suicide-Aid Law
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who is at the center of a Michigan ballot question over legalizing assisted suicide, Friday recommended a vote against the proposal, saying it was too full of red tape.
Kevorkian, who claims to have helped more than 120 people die, said the 11-page proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot to legalize assisted suicide would mire in bureaucratic procedure citizens’ right to end their lives.
Opinion polls show public support about evenly split on the ballot question, known as Proposal B. If it passes, Michigan would become the second state, after Oregon, to legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
“Only the patients, their families, their friends and their physicians have legitimate roles in the practice of patholysis [assisted suicide and euthanasia],” Kevorkian said in a joint statement with his longtime aide, Dr. Georges Reding.
The Michigan proposal, which is more restrictive than the Oregon law, would impose strict guidelines on those who wish to end their lives.
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