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Full-Text Articles in Health Law and Policy
The Real Ethic Of Death And Dying, Norman L. Cantor
The Real Ethic Of Death And Dying, Norman L. Cantor
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Peter Singer, Rethinking Life and Death
The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, George J. Annas
The Promised End: Constitutional Aspects Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, George J. Annas
Faculty Scholarship
The debate over physician-assisted suicide has dramatically shifted to a discussion of constitutional issues. This spring, within a month of each other, U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals on both coasts ruled that state prohibitions of assisted suicide are unconstitutional when applied to physicians who prescribe lethal medication for terminally ill, competent adults who wish to end their lives. The Ninth Circuit includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and the Second Circuit includes New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. Both courts reached the same conclusion but for different legal reasons.