The Case of Ronit

A Judge is Brought in to Rule on a Life-and-Death Matter
  • Randy Linda Sturman
Part of the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine book series (LIME, volume 16)

Abstract

Ronit Tikva knew that her pregnancy would be difficult, but she never thought that she would come so close to death, nor did she imagine that her life and the life of the fetus growing inside her would be placed in the hands of a judge she had never met.

Keywords

Human Dignity Judicial Review Democratic Principle United States Supreme Active Euthanasia 
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Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

Authors and Affiliations

  • Randy Linda Sturman
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  1. 1.Department of AnthropologyUniversity of CaliforniaSan Diego, La JollaUSA

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