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...recent Dutch Government Study says that of 2300 cases of euthanasia in 1990 doctors performed 1200 without the consent of the patients. But other studies suggest that the government study vastly underestimates the number of deaths. Those in favor of euthanasia say the number of euthanasia cases may be more like 4000. One study, done by a researcher at the University of Virginia, estimates the number at between...
Most ominously, Kass notes that another study, done by a Dutch proponent of euthanasia, discovered that last year 8750 patients died from withdrawal of treatment without the knowledge or consent of their families. And that there were 8100 additional cases in which patients died from an overdose of morphine, 61 percent of which occurred, strangely enough, without the patient's knowledge or consent...
This spring, the Faculty, too, has the right to back down on the council's ROTC ultimatum. But they must not--for reasons far greater than loss of face. The ROTC ultimatum was not issued by a single executive without representative consent. It was issued by a coalition of dean, president and elected representatives of the Faculty. The council debated and thought hard before passing it. As such, the threat has far more legitimacy than the commitment of troops by a commander-in-chief...
Last week a federal appeals court set the stage for that collision when it upheld most of Pennsylvania's law, putting that statute first in line for possible review by the high court. The lower court approved provisions of the law requiring parental consent for minors and a 24-hour waiting period before abortions, but struck down a provision requiring husbands to give their consent when their wives seek an abortion. Though the Justices could uphold the Pennsylvania statute without overturning Roe, the decision will be closely watched for signs that the arrival of Clarence Thomas has consolidated a high...
Defenders of the right to die point to the need for careful safeguards around the process: Kevorkian ignored them all. There were no second opinions, no consent forms, no examinations to make sure that Kevorkian's "patients" were of sound mind as they made their decision. As a pathologist more accustomed to dealing with people after they have died, Kevorkian was in no position to confirm the diagnosis of any of the women he helped kill themselves. And his defiant pursuit of publicity suggests a man more obsessed with the justice of his cause than with the interests...