Washington: Out of State Money Pushing Assisted-Suicide Initiative I-1000
Via Wesley J. Smith, a report from The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide on the funding for the Washington Assisted-Suicide Initiative:
As of 10/10/08, the “Yes on 1000″ committee reported receipts of $3,274,877. This is the fourth highest all time record for money raised in support of any initiative campaign in Washington State.
Of that amount, assisted-suicide advocacy groups and spokesperson, former Governor Booth Gardner, his family and his “Legacy Committee” have given cash donations of $2,032,164. That is more than double the total receipts of $874,646 reported over the same time period by the “Coalition against Assisted Suicide.”
UPDATE: Amanda Shaw, who attended the Human Life Review’s Great Defender of Life Dinner, has more at the First Things daily blog.
Related:
Washington Euthanasia Backers Promise $1M to Legalize Assisted Suicide
Alliance Alert, 9.24.2008
Ten Years of ‘Death with Dignity’
Alliance Alert, 8.16.2008