Couple has the right to refuse test on newborn child

The US attorney general, John Ashcroft, has authorised the Drug Enforcement Administration to take action against any doctor who prescribes lethal drugs for terminally ill patients, even though doctor assisted suicide is legal in one of the country's states. In Oregon, people are allowed to kill themselves with a doctor's prescription. Under the state's Death with Dignity Act (1997), twice approved by its voters, a terminally ill patient may take lethal drugs if two doctors agree that the person has less than six months to live …