do you remmy of Karen Ann Quinlan?

Karen Ann Quinlan fell into a coma in April 1975, allegedly after mixing drugs and alcohol at a party. After she had been on a respirator and a feeding tube for about a year, her family asked hospital authorities to remove her from life support; the hospital refused. Her case was one of the first to call attention to the "right to die" debate nationally. The Quinlans were finally granted permission from the New Jersey Supreme Court to remove Karen from life support in 1976; amazingly, she lived on in a coma for another 8+ years until she died of pneumonia in 1985.

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[dntlss]

i was born in 1970 and i remember being 13 years old and reading a article on readers digest about karen (yeah i liked reading when i was 13) and the whole thing was just awful to me, god knows that could have happened to me many times, i used to drink extremely heavy and take pills at the same time (tilox,ativan,vicodin,lorbtab,­) many a night i passed out and woke up the next day not remembering anything,i think one of the things that went against here is that she hadnt eaten in two days,bad

[smacpherson4]

always will remember

[mtl1865]

R E M E M B E R

[1caninelover]

I do