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Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Sharon I. Fraser and James W. Walters -- Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / Herbert Hendin -- The Supreme Court was right to uphold Oregon&rsquo's assisted-suicide law / E.J. Dionne -- The Supreme Court&rsquo's assisted-suicide ruling will have little impact / Wesley J. Smith -- Hastening death is contrary to Christian beliefs / John Paul II -- Physician-assisted suicide is not contrary to Christian beliefs / John Shelby Spong -- Assisted suicide is moral / Andrew C. Markus -- Assisted suicide is not the solution to pain and suffering / Richard Radtke -- Activists must fight for the right to assisted suicide / Derek Humphry.