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Where is assisted suicide legal in the us?

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(CNN)Physician-assisted suicide is legal in four US states and the District of Columbia. It is an option given to individuals by law in the District of Columbia, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. It is an option given to individuals in Montana via court decision. read more

Assisted suicide in the United States was brought to public attention in the 1990s with the highly publicized case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Dr. Kevorkian assisted over 40 people in committing suicide in Michigan. His first public assisted suicide was in 1990, of Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 1989. read more

the Montana Criminal Law Commission comments, if the assisted suicide results in death, the offense is criminal homicide, in spite of the consent or even the solicitations of the victim. read more

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