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To the Editor: Attorney General John Ashcroft's challenge to the Death with Dignity Act in Oregon is unusual in that one person with a personal ideology that is based on religious beliefs feels justified in forcing all other citizens to comply with his philosophy. This fanaticism is particularly disturbing given that those on whom he is forcing his beliefs suffer from terminal illnesses without hope of improvement.

The article by Lowenstein and Wanzer (Feb. 7 issue)¹ appropriately discusses examples of medications that are used for purposes other than assisted suicide and whose use may be challenged if Ashcroft's directive is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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