Year: 1990
Result: 5-4 Missouri won
Constitutional Issue: 14th amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: People who are incompetent can not make the decision to have or to not have medical treatment. It was the first case like this, a right-to-die or right-to-live case.
Quote: "Petitioner Nancy Beth Cruzan was rendered incompetent as a result of severe injuries sustained during an automobile accident. Copetitioners Lester and Joyce Cruzan, Nancy's parents and coguardians, sought a court order directing the withdrawal of their daughter's artificial feeding and hydration equipment after it became apparent that she had virtually no chance of recovering her cognitive faculties. The Supreme Court of Missouri held that, because there was no clear and convincing evidence of Nancy's desire to have life-sustaining treatment withdrawn under such circumstances, her parents lacked authority to effectuate such a request."
Summary: Right to die and deny treatment
Nancy Cruzan
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