Controversy
The organization's work is at odds with the views of certain religious groups, notably the Roman Catholic Church, as well as many disability rights organizations such as Not Dead Yet. Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, pointed out in 1996 that members of the organization incur automatic excommunication, a judgment that was appealed to, and upheld by, the Vatican During a 2008 ballot initiative campaign that would legalize doctor-assisted suicide in Washington state, Compassion & Choices was accused by Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist John Connelly of engaging in "Catholic-baiting." Despite all of this, 47% of Catholic voters in Washington voted to approve the Death With Dignity Act.
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