Ohio Making Assisted Suicide a Felony

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(The Corner) – The media is so in the tank for legalizing assisted suicide that casual observers might think the political current favoring legalization is so strong it can no longer be resisted.

I have been hearing that meme since 1994, when Oregon passed Measure 16. In the intervening 22 years, hundreds of state legislative efforts to legalize doctor-prescribed death have failed and voters rejected as many legalization schemes as they passed (by my count, 3-3).

Now, Ohio is pushing back hard by criminalizing assisted suicide. CONTINUE