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Montana court rules assisted suicide legal

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Montana First Judicial District ruled Friday that terminally ill patients in the state have the right to commit physician-assisted suicide. The case, Baxter v. Montana was brought by a number of terminally-ill Montanans, their doctors, and Compassion & Choices, an organization supporting the legalization of physician assisted suicide. In their complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that their right to assisted suicide was guaranteed by the Montana Constitution, specifically under provisi read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 07, 2008 (boomark / email).