A Lethal Injection of Reality.

• Author: Quirk, Dave
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

Jacob Sullum's interesting column on physician-assisted execution, "A Lethal Injection of Reality" (August/ September), aptly illustrated the location between a rock and a hard place in which libertarians frequently find themselves.

Sullum correctly points out that "most people with medical expertise do not want to assist executions because they view it as contrary to their professional ethics." By what euphemism can we justify abortion and how do we square professional...