More on Bad Court Ruling Against Terminally Ill

by Hans Bader on August 8, 2007

in Healthcare, Legal, Nanny State, Politics as Usual, Precaution & Risk

“Terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to be treated with experimental drugs, even if they likely will be dead before the medicine is approved, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.” So reports the AP in the Washington Post.

I explained yesterday why the court’s decision was wrong and its reasoning was shoddy. Additional commentary on the court’s decision can be found at the widely-read Volokh Conspiracy law blog.

Comments on this entry are closed.

Previous post:

Next post: