Karen Ann Quinlan. Karen Cruzan. Terry Schiavo.
These 3 women are associated with court cases involving the right to die.
Right to Die Cases
In 1975, Karen Quinlan attended a party where she drank alcohol and took tranquilizer pills. Quinlan went into respiratory failure, suffered irreversible brain damage, and fell into a coma. She was 21 years old.
Quinlan was placed on a ventilator and feeding tube. Her parents wanted the ventilator disconnected...