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	Podcast:		Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates
	Episode:		Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:53:17
	Publish Date:		2014-11-20 05:00:00
	Description:		In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Since then, it has become legal in 4 more states, including New Mexico, where the state court ruling that it is constitutional is under appeal. Will these laws lead to a slippery slope, where the vulnerable are pressured to choose death and human life is devalued? Or do we need to recognize everyone’s basic right to autonomy? The debaters are Peter Singer, Baroness Ilora Finlay, Andrew Solomon, and Dr. Daniel Sulmasy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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