Lynn Shapiro

Lynn Shapiro passed away on Oct. 31, 2022. She was a former reporter for the American Legal News and the Blog for Arizona. In her writing career, she covered gun laws, LGBT rights, cannabis litigation, Obamacare, and obstruction of justice for many publications, including Newsweek. Before writing about law and politics, Lynn wrote about medicine and prior to that, Wall Street. Lynn was a graduate of Hampshire College, and studied journalism at the University of Massachusetts. She lived in New York City.

Will the New Conservative Court Impede Medical Aid in Dying Laws?

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Although staunchly Catholic Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, has never weighed in on medical aid in dying legislation, she certainly believes it’s a sin. She follows Pope Francis, who reiterated on September 22, that “assisted suicide and euthanasia are intrinsically evil, in every situation of circumstance.” Barrett’s youngest child of seven –two of whom … Read more