法律英语-安乐死_ppt.ppt

Your opinion about euthanasia Discussion 有些东西是讨论不出结果的，但是越讨论就越接近真相…… People v. Kevorkian As to the Fourteenth Amendment claim, the court held that the constitutional right to privacy does not include a right to commit euthanasia so that an individual can be free from intolerable and irremediable suffering. Further, a “right” to assisted suicide “is not a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.” The court states that its decision is driven by a lack of meaningful precedent on the issue, People v. Kevorkian the fact that expanding the right to privacy to include euthanasia would essentially take the debate out of the arenas of public debate and legislative action, and that by expanding the right to privacy to include euthanasia, the court would be involving the judiciary in deciding questions beyond its capacity, i.e. how much pain is required before it becomes intolerable and irremediable. The case in China 1986 In china First euthanasia case Wang Mingcheng Euthanize his mother 王明成 Case A. Details Xia Suwen ,who was the defendant ’s mother, had a long-term illness. In 1984, she had been diagnosed of “liver ascites”(肝腹水). In early 1987,Xia’s condition aggravated,and she was often uncons-cious. On June 23, The defendant ,Wang Ming cheng and his sister agreed to send his mother to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Hanzhong city. The defendant, Pu Liansheng was the doctor. After a diagnosis,the hospital issued a notice of critical condition. On June 27, Xia Suwen’s condition aggravated, she was painful,crying, and wanted to die . Wang Mingcheng could not bear to see his mother so painfully,and asked Pu Liansheng to use a drug to his mother in order to die painlessly. Pu refused . After Wang’s repeated requests ，and Wang signed a letter of responsibility, Pu used 100 mg of “Compound Dong mian ling” , and writed “family requested”down on the pres