House Passes "Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act"

The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at Loyola University

House Passes "Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act"

Last night, the House passed HR 1332. The bill undermines a consensus formed over six decades of jurisprudence and ethical reflection establishing the right of individuals or their surrogates to refuse medical treatment, and will erode the power of the States to adjudicate on such decisions where there is conflict. [more] - Dominic Sisti

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