Rita Marker is an author, attorney and has been the executive director of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide since it began in l987. She was among the first to be profiled in the American Medical Association's American Medical News during its series on "people making news in an era of dramatic change in medicine." Attorney Marker is also the author of the critically acclaimed book, "Deadly Compassion". Reviewers in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand all agreed that Deadly Compassion is a compelling, persuasive, well-written and revealing discussion of both the personal and public sides of the euthanasia debate. Marker is a former adjunct professor of Political Science & Ethics at the University of Steubenville, Ohio. She has made presentations and debated extensively in not only the United States but internationally as well and has been interviewed on hundreds of radio stations throughout the US, Canada, England, New Zealand, and Australia.