A pro-assisted suicide protester shouts at Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 29, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A bipartisan group of Congressmen introduced a “Sense of Congress” resolution condemning physician-assisted suicide on Wednesday.
This type of resolution neither creates a law nor is enforceable. It is a way for members of Congress to express an opinion. The Republican-controlled Congress could have blocked Washington, D.C.’s assisted suicide law after it was enacted but failed to do so.
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, introduced the resolution, which warns that physician-assisted suicide “puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the healthcare system.”
A coalition of disability and patients’ rights groups joined Wenstrup in introducing the resolution. A pro-assisted suicide protester interrupted Wenstrup as he introduced the bill, accusing him of not telling the truth. His comments can be heard in the distance on the Patients Rights Action Fund’s video of the press conference.
Another screamed at him for “voting many times to kill thousands of people more, millions of people more than assisted suicide ever will.”
After the resolution’s press conference during a question and answer session, a woman with
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