Euthanasia: The Right To Die

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for well over a year. Knowing that her condition
was only going to get worse, and eventually, after the pain and suffering, would
result in death, Sue wanted to die. She wanted people to remember her as a
lively healthy woman, not just a body lying helpless in a hospital bed. With
that thought in mind, Sue went to court to fight for right to die by euthanasia.
The courts did not agree with her though.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, proposed the creation of a new medical specialist, the
"obitiarist," who would assist terminally ill patients to take their own lives,
subject to strict guidelines.

His patient also suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. She was in bad shape,
struggling to hold her head up, could not talk, and had to communicate using a
computer keyboard. She was deteriorating quickly. "She was very smart," he
said, a note of sadness entering his voice. Kevorkian built a machine called
the "mercitron," a jumble of tubes and bottles that would allow patients with
little mobility ...

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