April 29, 1996

Assisted Suicide Issues

Committee members heard testimony from medical and legal professionals and caregivers concerning the advisability and constitutionality of… read more

Committee members heard testimony from medical and legal professionals and caregivers concerning the advisability and constitutionality of assisted suicide and how it would change the physician’s role in the medical system. The hearing was prompted by decisions in the Second and Ninth U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals which implied that assisted suicide was a fundamental right. close

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Charles Baron Professor Boston College->Law School
Lonnie Bristow President American Medical Association

Charles Canady U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Diane Coleman Executive Director Progress Center for Independent Living
Kathleen Foley Director Project on Death in America
Barney Frank U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Carlos Gomez Professor University of Virginia->School of Medicine
Herbert Hendin Executive Director American Suicide Foundation
Henry J. Hyde U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Yale Kamisar Professor University of Michigan->Law School
Leon R. Kass M.D. Professor University of Chicago
Samuel Klagsbrun Executive Director New York (State)->Hospital
Charles Krauthammer Syndicated Columnist
Barbara Lee Petitioner Oregon
Timothy Quill Professor University of Rochester->School of Medicine
Victor Rosenblum Professor Northwestern University School of Law
John Shelby Spong Bishop Newark, NJ
Roy Torcaso Witness

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House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution

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Program ID:: 71495-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 29, 1996 | 1:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Aug 17, 1996 | 10:54am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Apr 29, 1996 | 1:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Apr 29, 1996 | 2:22pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Apr 29, 1996 | 7:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 30, 1996 | 2:21am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 05, 1996 | 3:59am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 12, 1996 | 2:40pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 17, 1996 | 10:54am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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