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 and/or know

take his own life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. JosephDavis, brought in from Seminole County, "found that

illness an injustice? Charles Hall contracted this deadly disease froma blood transfusion not from shooting drugs or

Florida's strict privacy law and the equal protection clause in theU.S. Constitution entitled Hall, 35, and Dr. McIver

government was setup to govern, not to rule with absolute power. Ifthe people were to keep silent about what they

believe in, our government would not exist as the system that it istoday. Our democracy was created because of

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

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freedom, but is having complications which do not allow one to be freeand independent, freedom? The government

to carry out an assisted death without fear of prosecution" (Sun-Sentinel,1A). On February 11, 1997, Charles Hall's

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