Word: requester
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...Browns, the omens had been bad from the beginning. Although she could have considered it, Judge Wieben Stock disallowed evidence from O.J.'s criminal murder trial. She rejected Roit's request that she at least review portions of the criminal-trial transcript. Furthermore, according to sources close to the family, the Browns were even more frustrated by Marjorie Fuller, the court-appointed lawyer representing the children. The Browns said Fuller rarely spoke to them, and noted that Fuller visited their home on only one occasion, interviewing Juditha and Lou separately for one hour. In fact, Fuller was a forceful advocate...
...their prescription privilege by following the new state rules could lose the right to prescribe drugs, said Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Catherine Shaw. This could prove devastating for physicians, as they need DEA certification to prescribe legal pharmaceuticals. The federal strategy was drawn up by several agencies at the request of President Clinton. The President has yet to review the plan but it has been approved by the DEA, FBI, and the departments of Justice, Transportation and Health and Human Services...
Most supporters of euthanasia maintain that they believe in the basic sanctity and dignity of life, but argue that ending the suffering of terminally ill patients at their request is actually a move which respects sanctity of life. For them death with dignity, as opposed to a life of pain and suffering, is more humane. However, such contentions seem to be concerned more with the quality of life than its sanctity. In effect their case is that if we need to decide between the two, quality of life is more important than the sanctity of life. Thus the extremely...
...pain and suffering is the bench-mark for which terminally ill patients can request the "right to die," what are we to do about the palliative care inequities that exist across the world, including in the United States? Once voluntary euthanasia is legalized and widely practiced, patients may request this procedure because they haven't been provided proper pain treatment If treated properly with the necessary pain killers, these patients would not seek to end their lives. Of course we could argue that voluntary euthanasia should be practiced only in those cases where the best palliative care has already been...
...request was for the use of the church for a same-sex blessing or union ceremony. We specifically did not request a "marriage" or "wedding." We knew that we were not allowed the legal right to be married. Our goal was simply to find a suitable religious location to commemorate our relationship. Rev. Gomes' reply specifically denied the use of Memorial Church for "blessings of same-sex unions," appearing to understand that we were not asking for a wedding or marriage...