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Task Force on Life and the Law

  • Fact Sheet
  • Members and Staff
  • How to Order Reports by the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law
  • Current Projects
  • The History of the Task Force
  • Contact the Task Force
  • 20th Anniversary Symposium - "Bioethics and Public Policy Initiatives: Celebrating the Past and Building the Future"

Selected Task Force Reports

  • Donation After Cardiac Death: Analysis and Recommendations from the New York State Task Force on Life & the Law - April 2007
  • Allocation of Ventilators in an Influenza Pandemic - March 2007
  • Dietary Supplements - Balancing Consumer Choice & Safety (PDF, 6MB, 108pg.) - October 2005
  • Genetic Testing and Screening in the Age of Genomic Medicine
  • Executive Summary of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Analysis and Recommendations for Public Policy - April 1998
  • Supplement to When Death is Sought: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context (PDF, 67KB, 17pg.) - April 1997
  • When Death Is Sought: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context - May 1994
  • The Health Care Proxy Law: A Guidebook for Health Care Professionals

Information for Consumers

  • Planning in Advance for Your Medical Treatment (includes Health Care Proxy Form)
  • Questions and Answers About Infertility and Its Treatment
        This is also available in a PDF version (PDF 1.3MB 40pg)
  • Thinking of Becoming an Egg Donor?
        This is also available in a PDF version (PDF 287KB 30pg)

Supreme Court Decisions on Assisted Suicide

  • Quill v. Vacco
  • Washington v. Glucksberg
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Revised: September 2009
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