…y in Ensuring Decisions to Die Are Not Coerced or Made by Others Is a Critical State Interest…………………………….. 12 The Law’s Assumption that Suicide is “Rational” When Committed by a Person with a Disability is Not Valid 13 The Uncertainty of Diagnosing a “Terminal Illness”…………………. 14 The District Court’s Assumption that Disability Intrinsically Deprives Life of Dignity and Value is Not Valid 15 III. The Creation of a New Mexico Constitutional…
…nts to the termination of life and (2) has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition. The Court gave the Canadian Legislature one year to act on this ruling. A federal panel was formed to gather input. With the assistance of Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet Canada, the Council of Canadians…
…r the nearly twenty years we have been in existence, we have received many calls like this. Given the high rate of elder financial abuse and the aging population, it is likely the frequency of such calls will increase. Health care decision making laws vary by state, but are supposed to be governed by general principles set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Cruzan decision (497 U.S. 261, 110 S. Ct. 2841, 111 L. Ed. 2d 224, 1990). The Court fou…
…bills establishing a state sponsored program of suicide facilitated by medical providers, leading with a good title – Physician-Assisted Suicide Faces Pushback– and using some quotes as well as describing some arguments against the bills pending in New York. Inexplicably, however, the Times Union completely omitted two speakers, Meghan Schoeffling and Adam Prizio, who represented state disability groups – the NY Association on Independent Living (…
…r. Kathleen Foley, please read Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective.[2] Moreover, revisions to last year’s bill in the 2018 bill do nothing to address the fundamental deficiencies identified below. The focus of the discussion below is the Oregon Health Division data.[3] These reports are based on forms filed with the state by the physicians who prescribe lethal doses and the pharmacies that dispense the drugs. As the early s…
