Abstract Background and Aims Euthanasia is a controversial issue related to the right to die.
Although euthanasia is mostly requested by terminally sick individuals, even in societies …

Two philosophies of deciding the care of severely handicapped or dying persons are
commonly used. The first is" disease-oriented" which places death in the extreme negative …

In the attempt to defend the principle that needs do make rights, it is possible to forget about
the range of needs which cannot be specified as rights and to let them slip out of the …

Substantial scientific evidence indicates that man's genetic inheritance acts as a major
influence on his behavior and health. 1 Experts estimate that in the United States one out of …

Nontreatment of anomalous newborns is nothing new. In earlier times, nothing could be
done for infants who were premature or injured at birth, or who had genetic defects; they …

Advances in medicine are reported almost daily in the media. Medical researchers have
developed and are continuing to develop new methods of creating, saving, and prolonging …

In this Article, I advance a new frame through which to organize discourse on disability and
the law: the notion of ambivalence. I make two claims, one descriptive and one normative …

The recent increase in reporting of passive euthanasia of defective newborn infants has not
been accompanied by extensive analysis of the legality of the practice or the …

When I am invited to participate in conferences on the" right to die," I suspect that the
organizers of such gatherings expect me to fill what might be called the"'slippery slope'slot" …

Suppose a fifteen-year-old girl is pregnant, but due to ignorance, denial, or fear, she does
not realize or admit it until after quickening,'when she feels her baby kick. 2 She consults a …