Facing the final exit

Article Abstract:

The US Supreme Court has returned the issue of physician-assisted suicide to the states by ruling that there is no constitutional right to assistance. The issue was approached from both a due process and privacy perspective, with supporters contending that opponents did not have the right to force terminally ill to suffer because of religious convictions not shared by the ill. The Court attempted to use physicians' intent to determine whether assisted suicide had occurred. Laws would provide better safeguards over a practice that is conducted in secret because it is not sanctioned by law.

United States, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Cover Story, Assisted suicide, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Due process of law, states

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No: preserve traditional restraints

Article Abstract:

The legalization of active euthanasia would weaken the moral fabric of our society and would be the first step on a slippery slope. Forced euthanasia of terminally ill incompetents would be very likely to follow at some point, as would the choice of death by persons who want to relieve their families of emotional and financial stress.

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Yes: a matter of choice

Article Abstract:

Active euthanasia should be legal for terminally ill patients. This would be a compassionate step and one which respects personal autonomy. The step would also further the medical aim of relieving suffering. Legalization would also make possible government regulation of the practice and would guard against abuses.

Right to refuse treatment, Right to die, Treatment refusal

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