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Currently the only states in the United States of America where doctor assisted suicide is legal is in Washington, Oregon and Montana however all states have the power to allow and regulate assisted suicide.

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What does the Constitution say about assisted suicide?

There is nothing in the United States Constitution about assisted suicide. It is up to the states to make assisted suicide legal or illegal. This is shown by 3 states legalizing assisted suicide while the others hold on to laws making it illegal


What happens during assisted suicide?

Assisted suicide is when the person who is committing suicide is assisted by another person, who will provide the implements of the suicide and/or instructions, and who knows that the person is about to commit suicide. Normally the suicide patient will follow instructions, which will induce his death.


Assisted suicide is right or wrong?

Physician assisted suicide is a very touchy subject. It has been made famously public by Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Physician assisted suicide takes place when a patient of a doctor decides they no longer would like to live. In this case, the doctor would help the patient to set up a plan to take their own life, usually with a medication. There are a large amount of arguments to whether physician assisted suicide is ethical.


Where in the US is passive assisted suicide legal?

Assisted suicide is legal in Oregon, Washington, and Montana.


What are the ways to commit assisted suicide?

Assisted suicide means that someone is helping someone commit suicide. Therefore it's any of the usual ways to commit suicide, just with someone helping.


Who assisted Brutus in his suicide?

Strato


Does any state allow individuals the right to die?

Oregon permits physician assisted suicide.


How many years in jail might you receive for an assisted suicide?

You should receive 4 years for assisted that's what I would say. In the UK assisted suicide is against the law, but in recent years nobody has been prosecuted for it, even in high-profile instances. In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal.


Is assisted suicide in all 50 states?

No.


What actors and actresses appeared in Assisted Suicide Hotline - 2008?

The cast of Assisted Suicide Hotline - 2008 includes: Vanessa Lynne Smith Bryan Pugh


What is the difference between suicide and assisted suicide?

Suicide is when someone takes their own life, and assisted suicide is when you help someone take their own life, often when they cannot do it themselves. There may be a few clinics in some parts of the world where someone can walk in, explain the situation and why they feel that way, maybe be given a waiting period, and if they still feel that way, they will help them die.


What country has legalized physician-assisted suicide?

The Netherlands.