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Michigan voters soundly reject physician-assisted suicide
(AllPolitics, November 3) -- Voters in Michigan have rejected a proposal that would have made their state the second to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
Proposal B would have legalized the "prescription of a lethal dose of medication to terminally ill, competent, informed adults in order to commit suicide."
Support for Proposal B dropped off significantly in October. A Detroit Free Press poll taken at the beginning of the month gave Proposal B a 5-point lead, but by the end of the month the measure was trailing by 14 points.
Proposal B supporters blamed the downturn on an intense multimillion-dollar ad campaign by a coalition of health care, religious and civil-rights organizations called Citizens for Compassionate Care. The Michigan secretary of state reported that Citizens for Compassionate Care had raised more than $5 million in contributions.
In contrast, the group Merian's Friends, advocates of the measure, told the Detroit Free Press they had raised only $300,000 and produced one television ad.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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