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Many people who simply do not want what they see as a lot of medical technology prolonging the last few hours or days of their lives when they are terminally ill sign living wills. If you do, in many states you may not know what you're really signing. Webster's...
What is the Will to Live? The Will to Live is a legal document that you can sign which: 1) names someone to make health care decisions for you (your "health care agent") if you develop a condition that makes it impossible for you to speak for yourself (become...
In response to the denial of food and fluids to Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the National Right to Life Committee is calling on state legislatures throughout the nation to move to protect people with disabilities from being denied food and fluids. The organization is...
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part IV: The Need for Civil Remedies to Prevent Assisting Suicide by Burke J. Balch, J.D. and David N. O'Steen, Ph.D. On May 2, 1994, a Michigan jury acquitted Jack Kevorkian of charges related to his publicly proclaimed...
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part III: What About the Terminally Ill? By Burke J. Balch, J.D., and Randall K. O'Bannon, M.A[1] Proponents of physician-assisted suicide frequently begin by advocating its legalization for those who are terminally ill,...
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part II: Pain Control by Burke J. Balch, J.D., and David Waters[1] Proponents of euthanasia argue that "mercy-killing" is necessary because patients, particularly those with terminal illness, experience uncontrollable pain....
Why We Shouldn't Legalize Assisting Suicide Part I: Suicide and Mental Illness By Burke J. Balch, J.D., and Randall K. O'Bannon, M.A. Under the banners of compassion and autonomy, some are calling for legal recognition of a "right to suicide" and societal acceptance...
by David N. O'Steen, Ph.D. and Burke J. Balch, J.D. Many argue that a decision to kill oneself is a private choice about which society has no right to be concerned. This position assumes that suicide results from competent people making autonomous, rational...
Following is a brief summary of points worth making in rebutting arguments for legalizing active euthanasia: For more detailed info go to: http://nrlc.org///medethics 1. A request for assisted Suicide is typically a cry for help. It is in reality a call for...
The House Bill contains important elements that would greatly impact the ability of patients to receive unrationed medical care. These elements, combined with inadequate funding – a scheme of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” wherein half of the funding comes from cuts in...