X-Message-Number: 1516 Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 11:25:07 -0500 From: Ken Stone <> Subject: CRYONICS - legal hassles from hostile coroners... It seems to me that cryonics organizations are actually facing the very same fight that the 'right-to-die' forces are. Might we consider pooling our cause with Dr. Jack Kevorkian and maybe the ACLU (not to mention pro-choice groups) to battle for a person's right to control the fate of their own body? Not to piss on the efforts of anyone doing suspensions with today's methods, but I can't imagine *any* single improvement (additional ice-crystal prevention notwithstanding) which would increase the chances of success as much as being allowed to control the parameters surrounding a patient's death. (excuse me, I forgot the PC term for that last word-- and "state of metabolical challenge" just won't do... :) ) It might even be best to go after this on religious grounds... ---Ken Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1516