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Liptak, Adam. "Court Allows Making Inmate Sane Enough for Execution." New York Times, February 11, 2003.
Von Zielbauer, Paul. "Report Says Many Inmates in Isolation are Mentally Ill." New York Times, October 22, 2003.
Mansnerus, Laura. "Unfinished Sentences: Keeping Prisoners as Patients; Questions Rise Over Imprisoning Sex Offenders Past Their Terms." New York Times, November 17, 2003.
Simons, Marlise. "French Uproar Over Right to Death for Unborn." New York Times, October 19, 2001.
Daley, Suzanne. "France Bans Damages for 'Wrongful Births'." New York Times, January 10, 2002.
Grady, Denise. "F.D.A. Employee Seeks Legal Help From Whistle-Blower's Group." New York Times, November 24, 2004.
Pear, Robert. "Panel Seeks Better Disciplining of Doctors." New York Times, January 5, 2005.
Gross, Jane. "Keeping Patient's Details Private, Even From Kin." New York Times, July 3, 2007.
Hayes, Tom. "NYC Probing Possible Thefts of Body Parts." Boston Globe, December 24, 2005.
Stobbe, Mike. "Number of Caesarean Sections Reaches Record High in the U.S." Boston Globe, November 16, 2005.
Giridharadas, Anand. "India's Novel Use of Brain Scans in Courts Is Debated." New York Times, September 15, 2008.
Cathcart, Rebecca. "Court Orders Police to Return Marijuana." New York Times, November 30, 2007.
Smith, Craig S. "On Death Row, China's Source of Transplants." New York Times , October 18, 2001.
Perez-Pena, Richard. "Hospitals Didn't Share Records of a Nurse Accused in Killings." New York Times , December 17, 2003.
Gentleman, Amelia. "Kidney Thefts Shock India." New York Times , January 30, 2008.
McKinley, Jesse. "Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs." New York Times , February 27, 2008.
Liptak, Adam. "Free Prozac in the Junk Mail Draws a Lawsuit." New York Times , July 6, 2002.
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Daley, Suzanne. "The Dutch Seek to Legalize Long-Tolerated Euthanasia." New York Times, June 20, 2000.
Simons, Marlise. "Dutch Becoming First Nation to Legalize Assisted Suicide." New York Times, November 29, 2000.
Verhovek, Sam Howe. "U.S. Acts to Stop Assisted Suicides." New York Times, November 7, 2001.
Verhovek, Sam Howe. "Move by U.S. on Suicide Law Draws Suit in Oregon." New York Times, November 8, 2001.
Dewan, Shaila K. "Love and Death: It May Be a Family Matter, But Just Try to Define Family." New York Times, October 26, 2003.
Fisher, Ian. "A Poet Crusades for the Right to Die His Way." New York Times, December 20, 2006.
Yardley, William. "For Role in Suicide, a Friend to the End is Now Facing Jail." New York Times, March 4, 2005.
Yardley, William. "On Washington State's Ballot: Doctor-Assisted Suicide." New York Times, October 31, 2008.
Gross, Jane. "Landscape Evolves for Assisted Suicide." New York Times, November 11, 2008.
Sims, Calvin. "Justice in Peru: Victim Gets Rapist for a Husband." New York Times, March 12, 1997.
Fisher, Ian. "Bill Would Govern Use of Dead Men’s Sperm." New York Times, March 7, 1998.
Goldberg, Carey. "Court Says a Partner Can Veto an Embryo Implantation." New York Times, April 4, 2000.
Hernandez, Raymond. "Court Blocks Use of Embryos Without Ex-Husband's Consent." New York Times, May 8, 1998.
Lewin, Tamar. "In Genetic Testing for Paternity, Law Often Lags Behind Science." New York Times, March 11, 2001.
Waldman, Amy. "States in India Take New Steps to Limit Births." New York Times, November 7, 2003.
Grady, Denise. "Repeat Caesareans Becoming Harder to Avoid." New York Times, November 29, 2004.
Harris, Gardiner. "Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill." New York Times, November 15, 2005.
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Belluck, Pam. "'Memory' Therapy Leads to a Lawsuit and Big Settlement."New York Times, November 6, 1997.
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Krugman, Paul. "The Deadly Doughnut." New York Times, November 11, 2005.
Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. "The War Over Abortion Moves to a Smaller Stage." New York Times, October 26, 2003.
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