California hearing eyed on aid-in-dying bill by groups
The National Hemlock Society and Americans Against Human Suffering seek legislation in California to allow doctors to provide terminally ill adults lethal drugs on written request. Current law allows withdrawing life support if a living will or power of attorney is in place.
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National Hemlock Society
Americans Against Human Suffering
California
Netherlands
Los Angeles
AMA
Euthanasia debate prompts new scrutiny in Florida case
In Sarasota a terminally ill wife used Seconal to die with her husband’s help amid a broader national debate on legality. The Brods cite moral reasons while critics warn that mercy killings hinge on prosecutorial discretion. The piece traces Hemlock Society aims, AMA opposition, and state living-will laws, noting several murder convictions in mercy-killing cases and surveys showing physician support for withdrawal of life support.
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Henry
Brod
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Journal of the American Medical Association
John H. Burkhart
AMA
Council On Ethical and Judicial Affairs
George D. Lundberg
Humphry
Brods
Charles Griffith
Roswell Gilbert
Florida
Susan M. Wolf
Hastings Center
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
Gilbert
Emily
Fort Lauderdale
Roswell
Griffith
The
American Medical Association
Burkhart
Council On
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Hemlock Quarterly
Colorado
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Center For Health Ethics and Policy
University of Colorado At Denver
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