Bill Colby was the attorney for the Nancy Cruzan family in the first right-to-die case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the author of Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America (AMACON, 2006) and Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan (Hay House, 2002).

What may houses of worship do to advance political causes or candidates? By Ira Rifkin Freelance Writer The Church at Pierce Creek was a non-denominational, conservative Protestant congregation outside Binghamton, N.Y., until the Internal Revenue Service revoked its tax-exempt status for sponsoring a 1992 newspaper ad attacking then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s stands on abortion and […]

A webpage dedicated to the medical and care aspects of end-of-life rights and conflicts.

A doctor’s approach to end-of-life issues through her personal eyes and those of her profession.

A May 16, 2013, piece from Stateline exploring the effects of Oklahoma’s law that states “patients who are disabled, elderly or terminally ill cannot be denied life-preserving treatments if they or their health proxies want it.”

A May 2013 Huffington Post and YouGov poll found that 50 percent of Americans think physician-assisted suicide should be legal, while 29 percent think it should be illegal.

Courts in Montana will reconsider the state’s current lack of rulings on physician-assisted suicides, explains a Billings Gazette story published June 12, 2013. In 2009, the Supreme Court of Montana stated that nothing prevented physician-assisted suicides from being legal, but did not say clearly whether they are or not.

B. Andrew Lustig is the Holmes Rolston III Professor of Religion and Science at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. His specialties include bioethics and religion and science. He was staff ethicist for then-Gov. Mario Cuomo’s New York State Task Force on Life and the Law.

PICO National Network is a network of faith-based community organizations. It was one of the leaders of the 40 Days for Health Reform campaign. Gordon Whitman is director of public policy and communications. Contact 866-550-7426 ext. 713.