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...major case of government doublethink, Janet Reno put the federal seal of approval on Oregon's assisted suicide law Friday -- while maintaining that neither she nor the President were dropping their longstanding opposition to euthanasia. Reno was nixing recommendations from the DEA, which wanted to withdraw prescription licenses from Oregon doctors who give their patients barbiturates. That means the Death With Dignity Act, which has no opposition from the Supreme Court, will continue without interruption from the feds...
...Reno wasn't alone in being out of character; the decision put plenty of politicians and pressure groups 180 degrees from normal. Oregon senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat, spoke of a victory for state's rights, while the National Right to Life committee complained that the government wasn't providing a safety net. Death With Dignity allowed the first legal suicide in U.S. history back in March. Thanks to the Attorney General, there could soon be plenty more...
Praising these high-profile women, Reno said in a statement to the Radcliffe News Office, "I am honored to receive this award and to be among the impressive recipients who have received it before...
...Reno, appointed by President Clinton on in 1993, is the first woman to serve as attorney general...
Born in Miami, Reno graduated from Harvard Law School in 1963--one of only 16 women in a class of 500--and attended college at Cornell University...