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geoffrey

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One objection Battin makes to letting patients die by withholding treatment (rather than
  practicing physician-assisted suicide) is that letting them die
 
  a. is a much more expensive and time-consuming practice.
  b. deprives the patient's family of the opportunity to spend quality time with the
  dying patient.
  c. makes the patient's organs unsuitable for transplant.
  d. interferes with the process of carrying out effective research on the most lethal
  diseases.
  e. can be cruel, as the extended process of dying can be lengthy and painful.

Question 2

Amniocentesis is the most widespread abortion procedure.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



Athena23

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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

F



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