U.S. Presses Bid to Block Euthanasia
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft asked a federal district court Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit that would override his efforts to block Oregon’s assisted suicide law.
Ashcroft’s attorneys argued that taking the life of a terminally ill patient is not a “legitimate medical purpose” for federally controlled drugs.
U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones granted the state a temporary restraining order Nov. 8, blocking an Ashcroft directive barring doctors from using federally controlled drugs to help patients die.
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