ACLU objects to Hawaii retirement home assisted suicide ban
Source: AP
HONOLULU (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union demanded Thursday that a Hawaii retirement home stop discriminating against non-Catholic residents and allow them to take advantage of the state’s new medically assisted suicide law if they wish.
The ACLU of Hawaii sent a letter to the executive director of the Kahala Nui home after receiving an anonymous tip that the home had notified residents they would not be permitted to exercise the provisions of the law, which takes effect in January.
Hawaii became the sixth state to legalize medically assisted suicide in April when Gov. David Ige signed the legislation into law.
Doctor-assisted deaths are already legal in California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. Oregon was the first state to adopt such a law in 1997.
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I think the real issue here is that the retirement home is on "Catholic land".
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