My first case study is on Karen Ann Quinlan, one of the first cases of euthanasia that had significantly impacted the legal debate in the United States on the right to die. Karen Ann Quinlan in April of 1975 slipped into a coma after she consumed diazepam, dextropropoxyphene, and alcohol while on a crash diet and became the center of a national debate on the definition of life and the right to die. On September 12th 1975 Karen’s father and guardian filled a suit when the doctors denied his request to remove his daughter Karen from the respirator that was sustaining her so she could die naturally with grace and dignity. The Superior Court judge Robert Muir in Morristown New Jersey, denied the parents' request on November 10th of 1975, but the
