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Article: Michigan Voters Face Assisted Suicide Ballot Initiative.
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- June 9, 1998
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Michigan pro-lifers and a diverse coalition of other groups are gearing up to fight a ballot initiative that would legalize assisted suicide. An organization named after Merian Frederick, reported to be the 19th person "assisted" by Jack Kevorkian, collected enough signatures to include the initiative on the ballot November 3. It would allow physicians to prescribe medication intended to cause the death of a patient.
"We're getting ready for a fully engaged campaign with a broad coalition including hospice groups, disability groups, and organized physicians' groups who all say the proposal should be defeated," Ed Rivet, legislative director of Right to Life of ...