...that: 'Like the decision whether or not to have an abortion, the decision how and when to die is one of "the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime", a choice central to personal dignity and autonomy'. Further, the court found that Cruzan, by recognizing...

..."Like the decision of whether or not to have an abortion, the decision how and when to die is one of 'the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime/ a choice 'central to personal dignity and autonomy.'"" The ruling also argued that not only doctors...

...One such decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, reaffirmed the right to abortion on the grounds that matters "involving the most intimate and personal...the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment." If the right to abortion is central to personal dignity and autonomy, why not suicide for the terminally...

...of privacy and a moral argument that the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment must include matters "involving the most intimate and personal...choices central to personal dignity and autonomy" in order to avoid granting the state the power to define these "attributes of personhood."139 Along...

...833, 831 119921, the Court offered a paradigmatic statement of that principle: matters [ ] invoking the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime, choices central to a person's dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment....

..."Like the decision of whether or not to have an abortion, the decision how and when to die is one of 'the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime,' a choice 'central to personal dignity and autonomy.'" [79 R3d, at 813-814] By choosing this language,...

...pursuit of happiness by free men." 2 The Casey plurality made clear that family matters, which involve "the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime ... are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment." 3 State courts have also expressed...

..."Like the decision of whether or not to have an abortion, the decision of how and when to die is one of 'the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime,' a choice 'central to personal dignity and autonomy.'" The court cited as "highly instructive" almost...

..."Like the decision of whether or not to have an abortion, the decision how and when to die is one of 'the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime,' a choice 'central to personal dignify and autonomy.'" 79 F. 3d, at g13-g14. Similarly, respondents...

...following language, by which the three upheld the continuing alleged constitutional right to an abortion. [T]he most intimate and personal choices a person...heart of liberty is the right to define one's own existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. As Judge Bork rightly observes,...