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* Sue Rodriguez.  A Canadian woman with a terminal illness who desired an assisted suicide.
 
* Sue Rodriguez.  A Canadian woman with a terminal illness who desired an assisted suicide.
 
* Spiro Nikolouzos.  An American whose life support the hospital wished to end. His family fought this, claiming that the hospital wished to end his life purely because his Medicare coverage was running out. Under the Texas Futile Care Law, signed into law by [[George W. Bush]], then governor, the Texas hospital could legally override the will of a family if given approval by an ethics committee.
 
* Spiro Nikolouzos.  An American whose life support the hospital wished to end. His family fought this, claiming that the hospital wished to end his life purely because his Medicare coverage was running out. Under the Texas Futile Care Law, signed into law by [[George W. Bush]], then governor, the Texas hospital could legally override the will of a family if given approval by an ethics committee.
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*Haleigh Poutre.  An American child beaten into a coma by a foster parent whom the Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]] is attempting to kill.[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/01/25/who_failed_haleigh_poutre/]
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*Haleigh Poutre.  An American child beaten into a coma by a foster parent whom the Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]] is attempting to remove from life support.[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/01/25/who_failed_haleigh_poutre/]
 
* Angel Raich.  An abuser of illegal substances (most notably ''Cannabis sativa'' subsp. ''indica'' var. ''indica'', not to be confused with hemp) who has lost several legal battles with the United States.  She alleges her appetite is insufficiently stimulated by legal pharmacology.
 
* Angel Raich.  An abuser of illegal substances (most notably ''Cannabis sativa'' subsp. ''indica'' var. ''indica'', not to be confused with hemp) who has lost several legal battles with the United States.  She alleges her appetite is insufficiently stimulated by legal pharmacology.
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