Life & the Law Archives - Page 41 of 42

335 results

Life & the Law

Chinese Think Tank Calls for End of One Child Policy

The China Development Research Foundation, a government run Chinese think tank, has issued a recommendation calling for a change in

Nora Sullivan, M.P.A

November 7, 2012

ClosePlease loginn

Life & the Law

American Nurses Association Opposes Assisted Suicide

The American Nurses Association has released a draft statement which comes out firmly against nurses’ participation in assisted suicide and

Nora Sullivan, M.P.A

November 1, 2012

ClosePlease loginn

Life & the Law

Fifty-three percent of NYC Parents Opposed to CATCH Program

A new poll has found that 53 percent of New York City parents oppose the controversial new CATCH program recently instated in

Nora Sullivan, M.P.A

October 25, 2012

ClosePlease loginn

Life & the Law

Massachusetts’ “Death with Dignity” Initiative: Questions Regarding Question 2

By Jacqueline H. Abernathy, Ph.D. The 2012 “Act Relative to Death with Dignity” goes before Massachusetts voters on November 6. Question 2 asks voters directly whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or uphold existing state statutes. If voters affirm Question 2, Massachusetts would join Oregon, Washington and Montana as the only states in the U.S. to allow this practice. Recent studies on PAS in these states paint a revealing portrait of what would transpire in Massachusetts if voters approve Question 2. However, unlike citizens of Oregon who passed the first “Death with Dignity Act” in 1997, voters in Massachusetts have the benefit of learning the actual outcomes of such legislation in other states. Voters now have access to numerous studies that both vindicate opponents’ predictions about PAS and present even more concerns.