https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore en-us 2017-04-19 14:58:02 UTC 2017-05-13 04:08:55 UTC hello@padlet.com leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167037310 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=2&docId=GALE%7CA65278848&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=GPS&contentSet=GALE%7CA65278848&searchId=R1&userGroupName=j243905&inPS=true&authCount=1&u=j243905]]> 2017-04-19 15:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167037310 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167038008 "The American public consciousness became galvanized on June 4, 1990, with the news that Dr. Jack Kevorkian had helped Janet Adkins, a fifty-four-year-old Alzheimer's patient, take her life."]]> 2017-04-19 15:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167038008 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167283058 Euthanasia means to intentionally kill some one motivated by feelings of compassion or mercy, while assisted suicide is giving someone aid to help them kill themselves.]]> 2017-04-20 14:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167283058 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167284178 IN 1984, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize some forms of euthanasia and assisted suicide.]]> 2017-04-20 15:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167284178 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167284803 "In 1988, an early voter referendum campaign in California aimed at toppling the State's law banning assisted suicide failed to secure a spot on the ballot after collecting "only 129,776 valid signatures of the required 372,178."]]> 2017-04-20 15:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167284803 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167286007 "By 1994, the referendum campaigns bore their first fruit when Oregon voters narrowly approved the legalization of assisted suicide, 51 percent to 49 percent, though subsequent legal challenges delayed implementation for three years."]]> 2017-04-20 15:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167286007 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167286859 Bills have been introduced into 16 different states to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia, but none have ]]> 2017-04-20 15:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167286859 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167288140 "Congress has gotten into the net, too; it is currently considering legislation that would effectively overrule Oregon's referendum permitting assistance in suicide."]]> 2017-04-20 15:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167288140 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167288216 In Washington and New York, court cases have been brought up about the constitutionality of assisted suicide. One district court found a constitutional right in assisted suicide, while another did not. ]]> 2017-04-20 15:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167288216 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167503650 "Eventually the cases culminated in argument before the United States Supreme Court. The Court's 9-0 decisions upheld the Washington and New York laws banning assisted suicide and were hailed as a major victory for assisted suicide opponents.]]> 2017-04-21 14:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167503650 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167504115 "These cases identify the turf where scholars, courts, and legislatures will fight future battles over assisted suicide and euthanasia. Specifically, they suggest that debate will focus on four issues: history, fairness, autonomy, and utility. "]]> 2017-04-21 14:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167504115 leanderson20 https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167505285 Experts argued that if it is a right for patients to refuse food and water, it is only fair for them to aided in the process of ending their lives.]]> 2017-04-21 14:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/leanderson20/13dxd89csore/wish/167505285