http://www.youdebate.com/DEBATES/EUTHANASIA.HTM

PRO 1
THERE ARE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS WHOSE ONLY WISH IS TO DIE WITH DIGNITY.

CON 1.1
THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WANTING TO DIE, BUT AFTER GETTING THRU IT THEY REALIZE WHAT A MISTAKE EUTHANASIA WOULD OF BEEN.

PRO 2
MANY PATIENTS ARE IN SUCH TERRIBLE PAIN THAT EUTHANASIA MAY BE THE MOST HUMAN THING TO DO.

CON 2.1
NEW MEDICINES A BEING DEVELOPED ALL THE TIME TO RELIEVE PAIN.

PRO 2
TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY CAN EXTEND LIFE MUCH LONGER THAN WOULD OF NATURALLY OCCURRED. WHAT'S THE REASON TO EXTEND A PERSONS SUFFERING AND DRAINING THEIR FAMILIES FINANCES.

FACT 3 10-27-99
The House passed a bill that would effectively overturn Oregon's law on physician-assisted suicide while promoting more aggressive pain relief for people near the end of life. The vote on the Pain Relief Promotion Act was 271-156, with a few dozen representatives crossing party lines. The Senate is likely to take up companion legislation before Congress adjourns next month. Sponsors, led by Illinois Republican Henry Hyde, argued that the bill would promote better pain management while preventing doctor-assisted suicide or euthanasia. The bill would amend the 1970 Controlled Substances Act to make clear that narcotics cannot be used to cause death, no matter what a state law says. But the drugs can be prescribed to control pain, even if they hasten death by depressing respiration. In the first full year the Oregon law was in effect, 15 people committed suicide under its provisions. Most were cancer patients.

PRO 3.1
In Oregon, an aide to Gov. John Kitzhaber disagreed with Hyde's comments and called the bill a ``sham.'' ``It outlaws only the most humane and medically controlled forms of physician-assisted suicide,'' said Mark Gibson, Kitzhaber's adviser on health and human services. ``If a doctor wanted to use arsenic or carbon monoxide, that would not be illegal.''

Bibliography (found: http://www.facts.com/icof/i00057.htm#I00057_09)
Angell, Marcia. "Euthanasia in the Netherlands -- Good News or Bad?" New England Journal of Medicine (November 28, 1996): 1676.
Angell, Marcia. "The Supreme Court and Physician-Assisted Suicide -- the Ultimate Right." New England Journal of Medicine (January 2, 1997): 50.
Byock, Ira. "Why Do We Make Dying So Miserable?" Washington Post (January 22, 1997): A23.
Claiborne, William. "A Harsh Look at Assisted Suicide." Washington Post (November 11, 1997): A1.
Dionne, E.J. Jr. "A Right That Doctors Spurn." Washington Post (July 1, 1997): A19.
Egan, Timothy. "Assisted Suicide Comes Full Circle, to Oregon." New York Times (October 26, 1997): A1.
Facts On File World News Digest (July 3, 1997). Justices Uphold States' Rights to Ban Doctor-Assisted Suicide: 474.
Garrow, David. "The Justices' Life-or-Death Choices." New York Times (April 7, 1996): Sect. 4: 6.
Jamison, Stephen. "Dead Right." The Nation (April 29, 1996): 5.
Kolata, Gina. "Anguished Debate: Should Doctors Help Their Patients Die?" New York Times (June 24, 1997): C4.
Lagnado, Lucette. "Top Journals Divide Over Assisted Suicide." Wall Street Journal (June 4, 1997): B1.
Leiby, Richard. "Whose Death Is It, Anyway?" Washington Post (August 11, 1996): F1.
Rollin, Betty. "When Death Is the Humane Choice." Wall Street Journal (April 3, 1996): A14.
Shavelson, Lonny. "What the Dying Really Need." New York Times (March 8, 1996): A31.
Smith, Wesley. "More Assisted Suicide Laws, More Kevorkians." New York Times (September 2, 1996): 20.
Wilkes, Paul. "The Next Pro-Lifers." New York Times Magazine (July 21, 1996): 22.
Additional Sources
Additional information about assisted suicide can be found in the following sources:
Emanuel, Ezekiel. "Whose Right to Die?" Atlantic Monthly (March 1997): 73.
Hendin, Herbert; Rutenfrans, Chris; Zyliez, Zbigniew. "Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Netherlands." Journal of the American Medical Association (June 4, 1997): 1720.
Jamison, Stephen. Final Acts of Love: Families, Friends & Assisted Dying. New York City: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1996.
More References:
Lifenews - A lot about Assisted Suicide
http://www.lifenews.com/

Euthanasia.com -site with Lots of information. Mainly a site with an active stance Against Assisted Suicide.
http://www.euthanasia.com/

A United Kingdom site that promotes "Choice, Dignity."
http://www.ves.org.uk/index.htm
(A website where I found the reference to VES.org):
http://www.law4u.com.au/lil/ls_euthanasia.html

Book: "Euthanasia Examined: Ethical, Clinical and Legal Perspectives"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521586135/102-6396783-1455362?v=glance

Task Force on Life in New York State
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/patient/chap6.htm

Most of these are not available at the library (overdue or already checked out).
Author Rosenfeld, Barry.
Title Assisted suicide and the right to die : the interface of social science, public policy, and medical ethics / Barry Rosenfeld.
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2004.

Author Prado, C. G.
Title Assisted suicide : theory and practice in elective death / C.G. Prado & S.J. Taylor.
Published Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 1999.

Author Shavelson, Lonny.
Title A chosen death : the dying confront assisted suicide / by Lonny Shavelson ; photographs by Lonny Shavelson.
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 1998.

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