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Article: Scalia says Constitution recognizes no right to die But with case pending, experts say he shouldn't have spoken on issue
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 1996
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said there was no
constitutional "right to die," a question the court soon will
address in deciding whether states may ban doctor-assisted suicide.
Even though Scalia's views on the issue have been known since
1990, experts on legal ethics suggested Monday that it was unwise
for him to discuss the subject publicly while an assisted-suicide
case is pending at the court.
It is "absolutely plain that there is no right to die," Scalia
said Oct. 18 at Catholic University. "There were laws against
suicide" when the Constitution was drafted, he noted.
The high court agreed earlier this month to decide whether doctors
could be barred from prescribing ...