The Right to Life

Assume that you work for a law firm that has been hired by a man whose wife is dying of a terminal illness. The wife has been suffering greatly and the pain has become unbearable. The husband has retained your firm to know what his rights are as far as ending his wife?s life, and how it can be done.

Address whether your state allows physician-assisted suicide, what criminal laws exist regarding this, whether these laws interfere with the right to privacy and due process, and whether your state recognizes living wills.