81.   Even strong opponents of assisted suicide say its practice sheds light, and may provoke action, on the problems of pain management.

82.   Even if she had opposed assisted suicide, however, Saint says she would have played the role of Ruth.

83.   Emanuel said no other survey has polled cancer patients on their attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia, other than a small and flawed Canadian study.

84.   Federal money, by law, cannot be used in assisted suicide.

85.   Few cases of assisted suicide have been prosecuted in Texas, where it is a third-degree felony.

86.   Fieger urged the jurors to recognize that there was no written law against assisted suicide and to decide the case accordingly.

87.   Fieger said he and Kevorkian, a retired pathologist, did not believe there was a Michigan law against assisted suicide.

88.   Finally, the state may fear that permitting assisted suicide will start it down the path to voluntary and perhaps even involuntary euthanasia.

89.   For instance, last week there were stories about possibly normalizing relations with Cuba and the legal issues surrounding assisted suicide.

90.   Four years ago, the court suggested that assisted suicide was a matter for the states.