Bill Colby, right-to-life lawyer, begins new career

When it comes to end-of-life questions, we as a society aren't doing enough talking, said William Colby, a nationally recognized expert and attorney on right-to-life issues. "As a society we have to get better about talking about what we want when we're ill," he said. "We're afraid to talk about the one natural occurrence that happens to us all. Even if you have talked to your family a lot about it, the decision-making is profoundly hard, and it's almost too much of a burden for someone to make a decision without written guidance." Colby, 54, joined Truman Medical Center in Kansas City as its general counsel last week. He is well-known for representing the family of Nancy Cruzan in its right-to-die case before the U.S. Supreme Court.