AuCoin to propose
weapons-grade bill
3T5. L -
PORTLAND, Or.* (Al>)
U S Rep Los AuCoin says
hr will Inlrotlu..! a hill this
work to hall tJ S proilm lion
of tritium, plutonium ami
weapon-.-gradi* uranium
Undur Ills proposal, the liillioiis of dollars
saved would then he used to clean up the Han
ford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, as
well as other contaminated nuclear weapons
plants around the nation
"My hill will prohihll the < (instruction or oper
ation ol new or existling la< tlities to produce
new nuclear weapons material," said Aufaiin,
Oregon's representative from the lsi Dtstrlr i
AuCoin, who is i ampaigntng for the U S Sen
ale seat held iiy Sen Bob l‘ai kwood, announced
his proposal during a news (.(inference on the
south (sink of the Columbia River near the Inter
state Bridge
Referring to dangerous nuclear wastes he said
were seeping toward the river, he said. "2l)H
miles up this river is a nuclear accident in slow
motion An accident that threatens our health
Our safety And it threatens the livelihood of all
Oregonians
"This material ts stuff we don't need, can't al
ford and are butler oil without Now that the cold
war Is over, we should he reaping the lienefits of
tills now era, not shorn hanging cleanup of tins
deadly nuclear waste to pay for new plutonium,
tritium and uranium we don't need
AuColn predicted "substantial support" lor Ins
proposal from both Democrats and Republic ans
m < (ingress lie said lie exp«< led passage during
the next year's session
AuOntn, vs ho serves on Iho House Defense Ap
propriations subcommittee, estimated that his
lull would free up Ix twei-n S.'M) million arid St
billion a year for c leanup ol Hanford, plus addi
lionaf money to c lean up other sites
Most favor suicide option, poll shows
BOSTON (AP) A new poll fnumi that nearly two
out of thr«-o Americans favor physic lan assisted mu
cide and euthanasia for terminally ill patients who re
quest it
Tin' poll was (font- as Washington slate residents
prepare to vote Tuesday on Initiative llfi. a measure
that would make it legal for doctors in the state to help
certain terminally ill people kill l hem selves
"People arc trying to tidl us something, said Dr
Marcia Angell. executive editor ol the New Kngland
Journal of Medicine "There's a great perception out
there that high-tec li medic ine has gotten out of hand
The poll was sponsored by The Boston Glolie and
the Harvard Si hool of Public Health Results were
published in Sunday’s Globe
The poll shows that b4 peri ent of those; questioned
favored physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill
people who ask for it, 711 percent under the age of Pi
approve of the idea compared to S3 percent of those
over 50 years of age
KKG Communications Research randomly surveyed
1.311 adults over the age of IB by telephone Oct 1H 20
in the poll paid for by the Globe The company report
ed a margin of error of 3 pert ent
While a substantial majority of those (willed favor
giving terminally ill patients the option of suicide, 52
percent think they would actually exercise it them
selves Overall, alxiiil one in four of all those polled
would be prepared themselves to take steps loading to
a doctor-aided death
"We live in a libertarian culture m which freedom to
choose in these personal matters Is very importanl lo
us," said Professor Robert Dlendon of the Harvard
Scluwil of i’ublii Health, who helped design the poll
and analyze the results "People i loarlv want the wid
esl latitude possible
But others argued that Americans misunderstand the
implications of extending personal < hotce to death
Philosopher Margaret Baltin of the University of
Utah said the poll results are "a protest against the
wav that people perceive themselves to In- treated by
the mode a! establishment w hen they i time lo die
However. Daniel ( dliihan, who directs the Hastings
Center. aninstitute of medical ethics, said "People fa
vorable to physician assisted death have not thought it
through They’re captured by the argument of self-dr
termination and have not begun to think about what
are the implications for the medical profession'or the
potential for abuses "
The American Medical As sot lation is against lifting
traditional strictures against physii iaii-assistud suicide
and euthanasia Washington state's medical asstxia
lion has officially come out against Initiative Ilf), al
lhough individual members are split on the issue
A< t ording to the poll, most Americans think doctors
should he involved it a terminally ill patient chooses
to end his or her life
Thirty-seven percent of Americans think it should
be legal for a relative or close friend to assist in ending
a terminally ill person’s life, and only 14 percent say
thev themselves would help a terminally ill relative or
friend commit suicide
■■Church teachings against suicide and intentional
killings had little impact on those polled.
Among Roman Catholics, 71 percent said tiiev
would vote for the Washington initiative if if were on
the ballot in their state, fill percent of Jews favored the
Initiative Among born-again Christians, 4‘i percent
would vote yes
The survey also shows that nearly nine out of 10
people favor withdrawing life-sustaining treatment
from terminally ill patients if they have requested it in
a living will
Three out of four support withdrawing life-support
systems, Including food and water, from hopelessly ill
or irreversibly comatose patients whose families re
quesl sm h a slep
if Initiulivi 110 passes, Washington slate would be
tome the first [dat e in the world to legalize physician
assisted suicide and euthanasia
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