In the Michigan Court of Appeals: People vs. Jack Kevorkian
Bostrom, B.A.
Issues in Law and Medicine 18(1): 57-64
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-8160 PMID: 12154563 Document Number: 545487
HELD: There is no right to euthanasia within the constitutional right of privacy. Recognition of such a right to euthanasia would impermissibly expand the right of privacy and thus place the issue outside the arenas of public debate and legislative action. Such a holding would also involve the judiciary in deciding questions that are simply beyond its capacity. There is no principled basis for the court to legalize euthanasia.