The author of this article contends the jury made the right decision in the Latimer case (Latimer killed his cerebral-palsied daughter on their Saskatchewan farm); hopes the Oregon law is a temporary flirtation with the fringes of assisted suicide; & supports the conclusions of the Select Committee of the House of Lords (United Kingdom). In 1994, after an exhaustive review, this Committee issued a report indicating why they chose not to change their laws to allow euthanasia or assisted suicide.