The Right to Die?
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Frontline and Fred Friendly’s Media and Society series join forces to examine the complex legal and moral issues involved in the US Supreme Court’s first right-to-die case, Cruzan vs. Harmon. The broadcast features exclusive coverage of the Cruzan family’s legal struggle to remove their daughter Nancy from the life-support system that keeps her alive and explores the issues with the Cruzan’s attorney as well as leading ethicists, jurists, and Supreme Court watchers.
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