MSNBC Guest: It’s a ‘Crime’ for Latinos, Catholic Church To Oppose Euthanasia

MSNBC Guest: It's a 'Crime' For Latinos, Catholic Church to Oppose Euthanasia (NewsBusters)

It would seem that not everyone on the left side of the political spectrum has a tolerant attitude towards Hispanics, if a segment on Wednesday's The Last Word on MSNBC is any indication. Hours before President Obama is expected to take executive action to legalize millions of Latin American illegal immigrants, guest Anita Freeman blamed the "very high Latino population" for California's failure to legalize euthanasia, as they "seem to go with [the] Catholic religion." [video below]

Host Lawrence O'Donnell brought on Freeman, an "assisted suicide advocate" who lost her sister to terminal cancer, to discuss the proposed legalization of euthanasia in several states, in the wake of Brittany Maynard's high-profile suicide. O'Donnell noted that "only five" states have given the green light to euthanasia "at the level that Oregon does," and zeroed in on "an interesting cluster in the Northwest where...this notion has taken hold" – Montana, Washington State, and Oregon.