Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)

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Developments in the U.S.

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Overview:

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

	Permitted in Oregon under very tightly controlled conditions.
	Not specifically mentioned in the laws of North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming.
	Specifically criminalized in the remaining states.

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

In Canada, assisted suicide comes under a Federal law and is a criminal act everywhere in the country. A few people who helped suffering terminally ill people to commit suicide have been charged under this law but have been found innocent or given suspended sentences.

PAS topics covered in this section:

	In Oregon
	In Washington state Failed initiative, court case and legislative attempts Initiative 1000 in 2008: Background, text, support, opposition Misinformation, opt-out, I-1000 passed, first suicide
	In Montana
	In California
	In other States: Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, and New York
	Nationally activity: U.S. Supreme Court decision, federal bills, survey of physicians.
	Recent US developments

Related essay on this site:

Does PAS actually increase pain of dying patients?

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