Death needs no help

National | But the attorney general refuses to defend life | Cal Thomas

What's wrong with this picture? Residents along Virginia's beaches are prohibited by the Endangered Species Act from removing dead and rotting sea turtles without a government permit. Meanwhile, two weeks ago, Attorney General Janet Reno announced that the Justice Department will not interfere with Oregon's new doctor-assisted suicide law.

In a new twist on the meaningless claim, "I'm personally opposed to abortion, but I don't want to impose my morals on others," Ms. Reno said she and President Clinton still oppose the Oregon law, but she said the Drug Enforcement Administration does not have authority under the federal Controlled Substances Act to take action against Oregon doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs for the terminally ill.

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