28 March 2026
Dignity at the End
On 11 March 2026, the Supreme Court of India allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India. The Court’s acceptance of non-voluntary passive euthanasia through a best-interests paradigm might seem to be normatively attractive in certain hard cases, but it ultimately risks undermining patient autonomy and leading to ableist assumptions in the absence of a more demanding, procedurally sound account of substituted judgment and safeguards. Continue reading >>
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