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	After the court case, Bouvia decided that she would live. However, her statements made it clear that it was because of the pain of starvation and that she actually wished she was dead.		After the court case, Bouvia decided that she would live. However, her statements made it clear that it was because of the pain of starvation and that she actually wished she was dead.

	In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott killed himself. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>		In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott killed himself. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>

	In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm</ref> In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>		In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm \| archive-date=2007-09-29 \| title=Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System - Elizabeth Bouvia }}</ref> In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>

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	On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>		On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>

	Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence ~~64-65~~).		Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence 64–65).

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	In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott killed himself. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>		In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott killed himself. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>

	In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm] In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>		In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm</ref> In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>

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	'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the American [[Assisted suicide in the United States\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]].		'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the American [[Assisted suicide in the United States\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]].

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	After the court case, Bouvia decided that she would live. However, her statements made it clear that it was because of the pain of starvation and that she actually wished she was dead.		After the court case, Bouvia decided that she would live. However, her statements made it clear that it was because of the pain of starvation and that she actually wished she was dead.

	In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott ~~tragically~~ ~~committed suicide~~. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>		In 1992, Bouvia's lawyer Richard Scott killed himself. In an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times'' after his suicide, Bouvia stated that she had gone on morphine after the original court ruling in 1983. She stated that side effects of the morphine made starvation unbearable and expressed bitterness that the 1983 ruling had gone against her. She stated that she had been strong enough to starve herself to death in 1983 and said that she never would have gone on morphine if she had known she would eventually get a court ruling in her favor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-vw-1154-story.html\|title=The Reluctant Survivor : 9 Years After Helping Her Fight for the Right to die, Elizabeth Bouvia's Lawyer and Confidante Killed Himself--Leaving Her Shaken and Living the Life She Dreaded\|date=13 September 1992}}</ref>

	In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm] In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>		In 1998, she appeared on ''60 Minutes'', saying that she was still in pain and had felt great pressure to continue living; she expressed the hope that she would soon die of [[death by natural causes\|natural causes]]. She was still living in 2002.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929034129/http://www.sclhealthsystem.org/about/mission_vision/ethical_issues/elizabeth_bouvia.htm] In its obituary for USC professor Harlan Hahn, the ''Los Angeles Times'' on May 11, 2008, reported that Bouvia was still alive. Doctors in 1986 had predicted she could only live for another 15 to 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-18-me-368-story.html\|title=Force-Feeding Tube Gone, Bouvia Still Plans Suicide\|date=18 April 1986}}</ref>

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	Some physicians called this [[battery (tort)\|battery]] and [[torture]], while others claimed that the hospital was right to err on the side of continued life (Pence 65).		Some physicians called this [[battery (tort)\|battery]] and [[torture]], while others claimed that the hospital was right to err on the side of continued life (Pence 65).

	Bouvia appealed the [[lower court]] ruling and lost. Now, in addition to the force-feeding, she was hooked up to a [[morphine]] drip to ease the pain of her arthritis. In 1986, she appealed again and this time the court ruled in her ~~favour~~ that the force-feeding constituted battery.<ref>The case can be found at: 179 Cal.App.3d 1127, 225 Cal.Rptr. 297 (1986).</ref>		Bouvia appealed the [[lower court]] ruling and lost. Now, in addition to the force-feeding, she was hooked up to a [[morphine]] drip to ease the pain of her arthritis. In 1986, she appealed again and this time the court ruled in her favor that the force-feeding constituted battery.<ref>The case can be found at: 179 Cal.App.3d 1127, 225 Cal.Rptr. 297 (1986).</ref>

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	'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the [[~~Euthanasia~~\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]].		'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the American [[Assisted suicide in the United States\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]].

	==History==		==History==

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	'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the [[Euthanasia\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]]~~, as well as in the disability rights movement, which view Bouvia’s case as an example of a “better dead than disabled” mindset in action~~.		'''Elizabeth Bouvia''' (born c. 1958) is a figure in the [[Euthanasia\|right-to-die]] movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in [[medical ethics]].

	==History==		==History==
	On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>		On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>

	Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer~~. Disability rights groups opposed allowing Bouvia to starve herself to death because this held disabled people to a different standard for suicide prevention than ablebodied people~~. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence 64-65).		Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence 64-65).

	==Appeal==		==Appeal==

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	On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>		On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the [[Psychiatric hospital\|psychiatric ward]] of [[Riverside County Regional Medical Center\|Riverside General Hospital]] in [[Riverside, California]]. She was almost totally paralysed by [[cerebral palsy]] and had severe degenerative [[arthritis]], which caused her great [[pain]].<ref>Jonsen, Albert R., Ph.D. "Involuntary Treatment in Medicine", ''[[Annual Review of Medicine]]'', Volume 37, page 41, February, 1986.</ref>

	Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence 64-65).		Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [[suicide]]. She requested hospital authorities to allow her to starve to death. When they refused and ordered her to be force-fed, Bouvia contacted the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], which assigned her a lawyer. Disability rights groups opposed allowing Bouvia to starve herself to death because this held disabled people to a different standard for suicide prevention than ablebodied people. In the subsequent lawsuit, the court upheld the hospital's decision and ordered [[force-feeding]] to continue (Pence 64-65).

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