The major issue I see is this... since they've been unable to defeat the DWDA time after time, they're now going after it's heart, the thing that makes it beat. Part of the reason Oregon has won time after time is it has proven the pure effectiveness and safety of the use of the drugs to achieve the desired expiration. If the DoJ gets its way, they will no longer be able to assist suicides using drugs, and will pretty much be impotent... and I have no doubt that, if that were to happen, the DoJ would once again go after the DWDA's throat, and then they would have the upper hand, because then the state would have to prove they can do it so it's safe and effective, but without using drugs.
If they can't use drugs, how could it be done? 12-guage shotgun blast to the face? C-4 enema? Napalm bath? Defenestration? (one of my favorite words, btw)
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