180
Alan Sokobin
170. 171.
Quinlan, 355 A.2d 647(N.]. 1976).
Cruzan v. Dir., Mo . Dep't of Health, 497 U.S. 261(1990). Nancy Cruzan was seriously injured in an automobile accident. Id. at 265. Her injuries placed her in a vegetative state. Id. Her parents sought to have her removed from life support, allowing her to die. Id. at 267. The court asserted that the Con stitution does permit someone“to refuse lifesaving hydration and nutrition.” Id at 279. In Nancy Cruzan’s case, however, the court did not permit her removal from life support, because her parents failed to meet a“clear and convincing evidence standard,” that removal was what Nancy wished. Id. at 284.
The Supreme Court ruled in two separate opinions that state prohibitions on doctor-assisted suicide do not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if rationally related to legitimate government interests. See Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S. Ct. 2258(1997); Vacco v. Quill, 117 S.Ct. 2293(1997).
Cruzan, 497 U.S. at 270(discussing In re Quinlan, 355 A.2d 647[N.]. 1976]). 355 A.2d 647(N.]. 1976).
Ibid., 654.
Ibid., 654-655.
. Ibid., 656. . Ibid., 662-664. . Ibid., 671. 30. Superintendent of Belchertown St. Sch. v. Saikewicz, 370 N.E.2d 417, 420
(Mass. 1977).
31. Ibid., 419. 32. Ibid., 430. 33. Ibid., 432. . Eichner v. Dillon, 426 N.Y.S.2d 517(App. Div. 1980); In re Storar , 420 N.E.2d
64(N.Y. 1981).
bid., It was estimated that he had a“mental age of about 18 months.”
. Ibid., 73(citations omitted). . Barber v. Superior Ct., 147 Cal. App.3d 1006(1983).
bid., 1010. bid., 1011. bid., 1011-1012. bid., 1022.
3rooks, 205 N.E.2d 435(Ill. 1965). See also In re President& Directors of Georgetown College, 331 F.2d 1010, 1015(D.C. Cir. 1964)(Burger, J. dissenting). Leon R. Kass ,“Death With Dignity and the Sanctity of Life,” The Ethics of Choice; A Time to Be Born and a Time to Die,(Barry S. Kogan, ed.), 1991, p. 128