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Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)

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According to an article by USA Today on 1998-JUL-6, physician assisted suicide (PAS) is:

bulletPermitted in Oregon under very tightly controlled conditions.
bulletNot specifically mentioned in the laws of North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming.
bulletSpecifically criminalized in the remaining states.

Since 2008-NOV, PAS has been made available  in Washington State.

In Canada, assisted suicide comes under a Federal law and is thus a criminal act everywhere in the country.

PAS topics covered in this section:

bulletIn Oregon
 
bulletIn Washington state
bulletFailed initiative, court case and legislative attempts
bulletInitiative 1000 in 2008:
bulletBackground, text, support, opposition
bulletMisinformation, opt-out, I-1000 passed, first suicide
 
bulletIn Montana
 
bulletIn California
 
bulletIn other States: Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, and New York
 
bulletNationally activity: U.S. Supreme Court decision, federal bills, survey of physicians.
 
bulletRecent US developments

Related essay on this site:

bulletDoes PAS actually increase pain of dying patients?

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Last updated 2007-JUN
-02
Author: Bruce A Robinson

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