A Review of Richard Coleson's “The Glucksberg & Quill Amicus Curiae Briefs: Verbatim Arguments Opposing Assisted Suicide”
The issues surrounding Phys ician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) currently remain very complex and are a source of much confusion . The people of Oregon went to the polls to vote on whether or not PAS should be legal in the state of Oregon. They answered affirmatively. In 1997, two cases went before the United States Supreme Court in an effort to determine whether or not there was a "constitutional right" to PAS in this country. This paper will review the arguments and issues surrounding PAS in these two cases which the Supreme Court has ruled upon.