Should Kendra's Law—a law that allows state judges to mandate psychiatric treatment for seriously mentally ill patients

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Should Kendra's Law—a law that allows state judges to mandate psychiatric treatment for seriously mentally ill patients—be made permanent?

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Yes, Kendra's Law should be made permanent because it has been effective in New York and in the 44 other states in which it has been implemented in protecting both those who are mentally ill and the general public.

No, Kendra's Law should not be made permanent since it violates patient's freedom to choose whether or not to undergo treatment.

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Kendra’s Law saves lives. By keeping patients on medication, it also saves money that might otherwise be spent on rehospitalization, prosecution and incarceration. New York should take lasting advantage of both benefits by making the law permanent.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/opinion/01torrey.html?th&emc=th