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242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247.

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249.

Ibid., 300.“A person of adult years and in sound mind has the right in the exercise of control over his own body to determine whether or not to submit to lawful medical treatment.” Id.(quoting Cobb v. Grant, 502 P.2d. 1[Cal.

1972]).

. Dudley Clendinen,“When Death Is a Blessing and Life Is Not,” New York Times

, Feb. 5, 1996, All.

.“See Jury Acquits Kevorkian in Common-Law Case,” Ibid., May 15, 1996, A14. . People v. Kevorkian, 534 N.W.2d 172(Mich. Ct . App. 1995), appeal denied, 549

N.W.2d 566(Mich. 1996), cert. denied, Kevorkian v. Michigan, 117 S. Ct. 296 (1996).

.“A.M.A. Keeps Its Policy against Aiding Suicide,“ N.Y. Times, June 26, 1996,

B10.

. Justin Hyde,“Doctors Group Opposes Assisted Suicide: The State Medical

Society Doesn’t Want a Ban on It, But Jack Kevorkian Helped Prompt the Policy Change,” Grand Rapids Press, May 5, 1997, B3.

Sandi Dolbee,“Right-to-Die Measure Rejected by State Voters,” San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 4, 1992, A3.

Jane Gross,“The 1991 Election: Euthanasia,” N.Y. Times, Nov. 7, 1991, B16. Oregon Death with Dignity Act , Or. Rev. Star.§§ 127.800-.897(1997). The Oregon Supreme Court in a decision relating to the wording of the title to be used on the ballot for the“Oregon Death with Dignity Act ” abridged and synopsized the proposed law.“The proposed measure creates a statutory regime that permits an adult resident of Oregon , who has been diagnosed as suffering from an incurable and irreversible disease that will, in the reason­able medical judgment of two physicians, cause that person’s death within six months, to obtain and take lethal medication. The choice of the incurably ill person must be voluntary and informed, not the product of psychiatric or psychological disorder or of depression that is impairing the person’s judg­ment.” Kane v. Kulongoski, 871 P.2d 993, 995(Or. 1994).

Lee v. Oregon, 891 F. Supp 1429(D. Or. 1995).

David Garrow ,“The Oregon Trail,” N.Y. Times, Nov. 6, 1997, A27. Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258(1997); Vacco v. Quill, 117 S.Ct. 2293(1997).

Glucksberg, 117 S. Ct . at 2275.

“ Around the World,” Detroit News, Feb. 22, 1996, Al.

“Euthanasia Law Struck Down in Australia ,“ N.Y. Times, Mar. 27,1997 A15. Compassion in Dying v. Washington, 79 E3d 790(9th Cir. 1996), rev'd sub nom., Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258(1997)

Ibid., 797.

Cruzan v. Dir, Mo . Dep't of Health, 497 U.S. 261(1990).

Compassion in Dying, 79 F. 3d at 799(quoting Cruzan, 487 U.S. at 278[O’Con­nor, J., dissenting]).

Casey v. Planned Parenthood, 505 U.S. 833(1992)(upholding the right of privacy in a woman's choice to have an abortion).

. Compassion in Dying, 79 F. 3d at 799(quoting Casey, 505 U.S. at 851).

251. Ibid., 816.

. Quill v. Vacco, 80 E3d 716(2d Cir. 1996), rev d, Vacco v. Quill, 117 S. Ct. 2293

(1997). Quill, 80 F.3d at 721