MSNBC Guest: It's a 'Crime' For Latinos, Catholic Church to Oppose Euthanasia
ANITA FREEMAN, ASSISTED SUICIDE ADVOCATE: You have a very strong Catholic base here in California. It's a very high Latino population, and they seem to go with [the] Catholic religion. And, as I'm sure you know, the Vatican...has disapproved of what Brittany did, and has called it reprehensible, which is – that is a crime, in my opinion – because until you've experienced and been in a room with a loved one that is enduring just unbearable pain – it is the only humane thing to do – is to let them choose, if that's what they want, to go to sleep peacefully. So, why in California – we, as a very liberal state, have not enacted it – well, we're going to change that. We are putting together – and I am very active in trying to get it in front of the mayors and – and get – get something done here.
ANITA FREEMAN, ASSISTED SUICIDE ADVOCATE: You have a very strong Catholic base here in California. It's a very high Latino population, and they seem to go with [the] Catholic religion. And, as I'm sure you know, the Vatican...has disapproved of what Brittany did, and has called it reprehensible, which is – that is a crime, in my opinion – because until you've experienced and been in a room with a loved one that is enduring just unbearable pain – it is the only humane thing to do – is to let them choose, if that's what they want, to go to sleep peacefully. So, why in California – we, as a very liberal state, have not enacted it – well, we're going to change that. We are putting together – and I am very active in trying to get it in front of the mayors and – and get – get something done here.