Planning for Future Medical Decisions

CMA Doctors Warn of New Pro-Suicide Bias in U.S. Law and Policy

By Christian Newswire
Thursday, August 27, 2009

WASHINGTON, /Christian Newswire/—The Christian Medical Association (CMA, http://www.cmda.org), the nation’s largest faith-based organization of physicians, today warned of the potential for pro- suicide ideology to seep into law and government policy. The organization pointed to pro-suicide influence in a controversial Veterans Administration (VA) manual and a section of the main House healthcare overhaul bill.

The VA manual, entitled, “Your Life, Your Choices: Planning for Future Medical Decisions,â€