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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Mike tapped by Fairfield County Weekly for article

Fairfield County Weekly Editor Nick Keppler recently contracted Mike to develop an 800-word article regarding the long-standing battle between physicians and the courts over assisted suicide. The courts say that providing "aid in dying" is essentially second-degree manslaughter and that physicians that provide such assistance can be prosecuted. Physicians believe there should be no penalty for providing this assistance, if the terminally ill person is of sound mind and judgement and has requested help to this regard.

Mike has created an initial draft of the article and plans to speak later this week with the two physicians that recently filed a lawsuit challenging the legislation. The working title of Mike's article is "Physicians and Courts Go Toe-to-Toe in the Assisted Suicide Debate."

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