Is assisted dying a ‘clear and present danger’ to people with disabilities? New US film asks tough questions

Reid Davenport, whose documentary Life After is at Sundance, thinks euthanasia has ‘a lot to do with cost savings’In 1983, Elizabeth Bouvia, a 26-year-old woman in California with a non-terminal but debilitating illness, tried to starve herself to death in a hospital. “I’ve made a confident, rational decision,” she said.Doctors began force-feeding her, which she resisted. The ensuing legal case turned her into a focus of intense public attention. A headline declared: “Elizabeth Bouvia is young, pretty, smart – and ready to die.” Continue reading...