mentally competent, but deemed terminally ill, be allowed to engagein physician-assisted suicide? According to the

First Amendment of The Constitution of The United States, "one hasthe freedom to petition the government for a

redress of grievances." The Fourteenth Amendment states, "The Statecannot deprive any person of life, liberty or

property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within itsjurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The

group believes that a terminally ill patient has the Constitutionalright to decide whether or not to end his or her life with

the help of a licensed medical doctor. There have been many cases overthe years where a terminally ill patient who is

mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assistedsuicide or euthanasia.

"Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides thepatient with the means

ruling was overturned by the Florida Supreme Court: he no longer hasthe right to end his own life. He will have to

html). In June, 1990, the Supreme Court decided that the parents of32 year old Nancy Beth Cruzan, who had been

same year, a Missouri Court ruled that the feeding tube could be removedafter evidence that Cruzan would wish to

to decide to end one's own life when such complications exist. In conclusion,evidence has shown that the First and

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