Should active euthanasia be legalized?
Article Abstract:
Two attorneys present both the pro and con side of the issue of active euthanasia. One attorney argues that each American has the right to refuse medical treatment and to have suffering alleviated. Legalization would lead to regulation of what is currently performed as an underground, and sometimes abused, procedure. The other attorney feels that killing is immoral and illegal. The seriously ill may be pressured by physician, family or social obligation to prematurely end their lives. Those mentally unable to direct their own care would be endangered.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1995
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Should the child support enforcement system be federalized?
Article Abstract:
Debates over state versus federal management of child support enforcement have heated up as only 50% of custodial parents receive the full payments the courts imposed on former spouses. Some say the giving the IRS the power to collect child support through withholding would be a good solution and would make non-payment a serious federal offense. Others say the state, through DMV records and its own tax system, is better equipped to deal with the problem than the feds, who are too far removed to have a local impact.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1995
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