In two recent cases, Washington v. Glucksberg(1997) and Vacco v. Quill(1997), the U.S. Supreme Court considered claims that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from ...

At the same time, the high court also ruled that refusing life-sustaining treatment is not the same thing as suicide in Vacco v. Quill. In other words, “pulling the plug” is allowing nature to ...

In two recent cases, Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Vacco v. Quill (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court considered claims that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from ...