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Karen Ann QuinlanKaren Ann Quinlan (March 29, 1954–June 11, 1985) was an important figure in the history of the right to die debate. Her case raised important questions in bioethics, euthanasia, legal guardianship and civil rights. In 1975, Quinlan collapsed at a party, apparently after consuming alcohol and tranquilizers. She suffered irreversible brain damage after experiencing an extended period of respiratory failure. Her parents wished to have her taken off the respirator that was sustaining her, but hospital officials refused. The Quinlans took their case to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which sided with the parents in its decision in 1976. After Quinlan was taken off the respirator, she continued to breathe on her own and was fed by artificial nutrition for nine more years, living in a coma, until her death from pneumonia in 1985. See also External links Quinlan, Karen Ann Quinlan, Karen Ann
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