Why Did the Courts Finally Allow NANCY CRUZAN to Die

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why did the courts finally allow NANCY CRUZAN to die?

• A) Her parents won in the Missouri Supreme Court.
• B) Her parents won in the United States Supreme Court.
• C) In a new hearing in a lower court, additional people testified about Nancy's wishes before her coma and the legal standard was then met.
• D) In a new hearing in a lower court, the standard of "clear and convincing" evidence was supplanted by "preponderance of evidence."
• E) In a new hearing in a lower court, her parents were appointed her guardians and allowed to remove the respirator, it no longer being considered "euthanasia" to do so.

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