istent vegetative state. The justices unanimously ruled that this act was necessary to respect Quinlan's right to privacy. Some medical ethicists warned then that the ruling was the beginning of a trend--the slippery slope--which could lead to decisions to end a person's life being made by third parties not only on the basis of medical condition but also on such considerations as age, economic status, or even ethnicity.
             In 1990, the Supreme Court case, Cruzan v. Missouri, recognized the principle that a person has a constituti
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