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.
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
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.
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.
Assisted suicide is legal in Oregon, Washington, and Montana.
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.
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Oregon permits physician 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.
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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.
The Netherlands.