…Right to Die Societies, stated: “Similar to other social issues, the right-to-die movement has not arisen separate and distinct from other concurrent developments of our time. In attempting to answer the question Why Now?, one must look at the realities of the increasing cost of health care in an aging society, because in the final analysis, economics, not the quest for broadened individual liberties or increased autonomy, will drive assisted sui…
…notdeadyet.org/ndy-et-al-amicus-brief-in-new-mexico-supreme-court-in-morris-v-brandenburg) [30] Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care, Id. [31] Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective, Position Paper, National Council on Disability, March 24, 1997, Marca Bristo, Chairperson, Written for the National Council on Disability by Professor Robert L. Burgdorf Jr., University of the District of Columbia School of Law http://www.ncd.gov/publications/1997…
…Right to Die Societies, stated: “Similar to other social issues, the right-to-die movement has not arisen separate and distinct from other concurrent developments of our time. In attempting to answer the question Why Now?, one must look at the realities of the increasing cost of health care in an aging society, because in the final analysis, economics, not the quest for broadened individual liberties or increased autonomy, will drive assisted sui…
…2 O’Donnell v. Harris, San Diego Superior Court Case No. 37-2015-00016404-CU-CR-CTL (July 24, 2015)…………………………………….. 30 State v. McAfee, 259 Ga. 579, 385 SE2d 651 (1989)……………………………….. 22 Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997)…………………………………….. 1, 3, 5, 8, 17 Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)……………………….. 10-11, 17-18 Statutes and Regulations N.Y. Penal Law § 125.15…………………………………………………………………… 2 N.Y. Penal Law § 120.30 ………………………………………………
…March 21, 2018 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/21/cdc-admits-rx-opioid-deaths-significantly-inflated [18] Facher, Lev., Tapered to Zero: In a Radical Move, Oregon’s Medicaid Program Weighs Cutting Off Chronic Pain Patients from Opioids, August 15, 2018 https://www.statnews.com/2018/08/15/oregon-medicaid-tapering-opioids/ [19] Schatman, M. et al., U.S. Chronic Pain Practitioners and Scientists Comment on Oregon Forced Taper Proposal…
