Death and Dying Module - Constitutional and Statutory Rights

Resource 5 . 2

13 minutes

Vacco v. Quill

Nadia N. Sawicki

Do terminally ill patients who are not dependent on life-sustaining medical treatment have an equal protection argument against a state's ban on physician aid-in-dying? Is there a legally significant difference between withdrawing treatment and providing active assistance in death?

Supreme Court of the United States

521 U.S. 793, 138 L. Ed. 2d 834, 117 S. Ct. 2293, 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4038, SCDB 1996-092

No. 95-1858

1997-06-26

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