In the highly emotional controversy over an individual's right to die, the highest court in the land has taken a strict stand. Last June the U.S. Supreme Court declared that government has a legitimate interest in preserving life without regard to its quality. But citizens of Florida can largely ignore that ruling. Three weeks ago, that state's supreme court invoked the "privacy" provision of the Florida constitution to say the state should generally stay out of decisions to remove the feeding tubes of incompetent and incurable patients.
Almost a year earlier the Florida judges had sharply departed from the high court...
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