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NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST. >> NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST. >> TO MY RIGHT, YOUR LEFT, IS SHAR ANDREWS, WHO IS ONE OF THE PETITIONERS, PATIENT INTERVENERS BEFORE THE COURT...
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ACT SEVERAL YEARS
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AGO. I WANT TO BEGIN BY NOTING
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THAT TODAY IS A HIGH HOLY DAY, AND IT IS A HIGH HOLY DAY THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY MARKED THE BIRTH OF HUMANKIND, AND SO IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE ON THIS...
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SHE HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES, MULTIPLE EVERYTHINGS, PET SCANS, C.T. SCANS, MRI'S. SHE DID PALLIATIVE RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY. SHE HAD A LOT OF PAIN...
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WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS AN ISSUE OF CHOICE. I HAD JOINED THE BOARD OF -- AT THAT TIME COMPASSION CHOICES AND I WEAR ANOTHER...
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TO MY HIPBONE. I'M DOING CONTINUOUS CHEMOTHERAPY NOW FOR 3 1/2 YEARS. I KNOW I'M NOT ONE THAT WILL EVER BE CURED. UNLESS A MAGIC BULLET COMES MY WAY....
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DELIBERATING. WE'RE HOPEFUL, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THE LAST
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PRESENTATION, YOU WERE HOPEFUL THAT CHIEF ROBERTS' PHILOSOPHY OF RESTRAINING SMALL GOVERNMENT WILL CAUSE HIM TO AGREE WITH THE LOWER COURT AND CONFIRM...
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THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS OVERSTEPPED ITS CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY, STATUTORY AUTHORITY, TO INTERFERE IN THE MEDICAL REGULATION IN THE STATE...
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CLAIM OTHERWISE OR DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SACRED OATH IS NOT WORTH PRESERVING, OR IS THERE TRUTH THERE THAT STANDS ETERNALLY? >> LET ME ANSWER IT FROM...
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LET'S RECALL THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH IS ON THE OLD SIDE. WE MANAGED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR BRAIN SAID THEY SHOULD...
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KIDS, I HAVE A SON IN ITHACA, NEW YORK AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHAT I'M DOING. I ALWAYS SHARE ALL THE...
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ANYTHING. THEY ALWAYS HAVE A COPY. AND I FEEL THAT THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE. THEY KNOW MOM. MOM'S GOING TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS. AND SO I FEEL AS THOUGH...
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GRANDMA. THEY UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT BEING HER CHOICE. THEY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE DISCOMFORT SHE WAS IN. AND THERE'S -- THEY'RE JUST SO FREE ABOUT IT IN...
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I GUESS I WOULD SAY IT HAS BEEN A RELIGIOUS ISSUE WITH EVERYONE WITH WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS. AND WE ARE A NATION OF VARIOUS AND VARIED RELIGIOUS...
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ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, IS OUR DIVERSITY. IT IS A RELIGIOUS ISSUE FOR EVERYONE, BUT HOW PEOPLE MANIFEST THEIR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS,...
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SHELBY HAS POINTED OUT, THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT I AGREE WITH AS CHRISTIAN, WHATEVER YOUR TRADITION MAY BE, YOU HONOR YOUR CREATOR BY NOT EXTENDING...
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OPTIONS. AND I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE SPIRITUAL TO BE AROUND YOUR FAMILY, AND AROUND YOUR LOVED ONES. AND ABLE TO DIE KNOWING THAT THEY'RE THERE. AND...
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CHOICE. I JUST DON'T WANT THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS TO EFFECT THE CHOICES THAT I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE. >> THIS PRESS CONFERENCE ISSED A IS IS ADDRESSING COMPASSION...
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DEFINITION FOR THIS WORD, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ASSISTED DYING ISSUE? >> COMPASSION I GUESS TECHNICALLY IS DERIVED FROM WORDS THAT MEAN...
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FOR AN INDIVIDUAL'S EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR SUFFERING. DEFINITION OF THEIR SUFFERING. THAT TO ME GOES TO THE HEART OF COMPASSION. IT MEANS NOT IMPOSING...
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WHERE IT'S OPENLY DISCUSSED, PLACES LIKE VERMONT AND CALIFORNIA NOW, WE SEE THAT REPEATED POLLING DATA SHOWS AS SOON AS IT BECOME PART OF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION,...
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HIS EDICT WHICH PRECIPITATED THIS WHOLE CASE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WILLING TO LET A MINORITY
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IMPOSE THEIR VIEWS ON THE MAJORITY. AND THAT'S NOT THE
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AMERICAN WAY OF DOING
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BUSINESS. >> SIMILAR QUESTION FOR CHAR. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING TOO MUCH OF A CLINICAL OR BUREAUCRATIC APPROACH TO THIS IN TALKING ABOUT...
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MISUSED. WE ARE TERMINAL. AND WE KNOW WHEN WE JUST HAVE A FEW WEEKS LEFT. AND THAT'S ALL
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PART OF THE CANCER WORLD. >> POLITICALLY TO TAKE AN END RUN AND GO AT THIS ISSUE HEAD ON. I THINK. >> YES. >> ELLEN FERGUSON. IF OREGON LOSES THIS CASE,...
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TO ADOPT IT OR WOULD OTHER STATES LIKELY TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH? IS THERE A DIFFERENT
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APPROACH TO TAKE? >>
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YOU KNOW, FRANKLY WE THINK IT'S SO UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL LOSE THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT. BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE END OF CHALLENGES TO THE...
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OTHER STATE IN THE NATION. THE BATTLE MIGHT MOVE TO CONGRESS. THE BATTLE MIGHT MOVE BACK TO FEDERAL COURTS WITH OTHER SERIES, IN ANOTHER CASE. BUT IT...
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ANIMAL, THE LIVING THING THAT IS DYING, YOU CHOOSE SHOULD DIE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT EUTHANASIA. THIS IS AN ACT THAT THE PATIENT
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THEMSELVES THEMSELVES INITIATES,
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| 00:37:24 |
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REQUESTS. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH HOOPS TO HAVE THEIR WISHES MET AND THEN THEY ACTIVELY TAKE THE MEDICATION. SO THERE'S NO -- THAT'S WHY MANY OF THE...
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SUICIDE IN -- WOULD
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ANY OF YOU -- YOU QUALIFY
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THAT YOU OBJECT TO SUICIDE BEING USED. >> YES. YOU KNOW, MY SENSE -- >> BY THE WAY -- >> I DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I FEEL AS...
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GOOD
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.