The question before the court in New Mexico is absurdly simple and yet impossibly complex. What is the meaning of “assisted suicide”?
A similar lawsuit filed in Connecticut was dismissed by the state Superior Court in 2010. In its ruling the court said, “taking one’s life even for a sympathetic reason is suicide” and therefore physician immunity from prosecution does not apply.
Health Policy Solutions
“Doctors, patient challenge New Mexico assisted suicide ban”
July 11, 2012
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