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1. What is physician-assisted suicide (PAS)? How is PAS distinguished from active euthanasia?
2. Explain Bonnie Steinbock's answer to the question "Is there an intrinsic difference between physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia?" Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
United Supreme Court, "Vacco v. Quill" pp. 707-709. It is also available online
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/521/793/
3. What reasons does the U.S. Supreme Court give for its claim that the New York's Prohibition on assisting suicide does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
4. What is the U.S. Supreme Court's answer the question, "Is withdrawing life-saving medical treatment a form of assisted suicide?"
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act p. 632. It is also available online.
https://www.deathwithdignity.org/states/oregon/
5. Are the following statements true or false? Give brief explanations to your answers.
a. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act is a law pertaining to euthanasia.
b. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act allows a physician to play an active role in ending a patient's life.