Post by PapaEZRA on Jan 18, 2006 3:12:40 GMT -5
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today hailed the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling respecting the right of mentally competent, terminally ill persons to make end-of-life decisions in consultation with their doctors, and rejecting the federal government's misguided effort to interfere with those decisions.
"The decision is especially sweet because Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion acknowledged the careful crafting of Oregon law,” said David Fidanque, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oregon. "The Court has accurately determined that intensely personal end-of-life decisions should be made by patients and families in consultation with their doctors, rather than by the government."
In Gonzales v. Oregon, the Supreme Court ruled against the U.S. government’s use of the Controlled Substance Act to thwart physician-assisted suicide. The question before the Supreme Court was whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft exceeded his authority when he issued a directive that Oregon doctors who provide care to their patients under the Death With Dignity Act violate the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Read the rest of the artical at:
www.aclu.org/scotus/2005/23511prs20060117.html
Then come back and tell us your thoughts.
"The decision is especially sweet because Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion acknowledged the careful crafting of Oregon law,” said David Fidanque, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oregon. "The Court has accurately determined that intensely personal end-of-life decisions should be made by patients and families in consultation with their doctors, rather than by the government."
In Gonzales v. Oregon, the Supreme Court ruled against the U.S. government’s use of the Controlled Substance Act to thwart physician-assisted suicide. The question before the Supreme Court was whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft exceeded his authority when he issued a directive that Oregon doctors who provide care to their patients under the Death With Dignity Act violate the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Read the rest of the artical at:
www.aclu.org/scotus/2005/23511prs20060117.html
Then come back and tell us your thoughts.