Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass.
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Massachusetts voters will get to weigh in Nov. 6 on a ballot question that would make Massachusetts the third state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses. Oregon and Washington are currently the only states that allow it. The measure would allow patients whose doctors say they have six months or less to live to obtain lethal doses of medication. Thirty-four states prohibit assisted suicide outright, while Massachusetts and six others ban it through common law. Jack Kevorkian dies, but physician-assisted suicide lives on Peter Goodwin dies at 83, aided by Death With Dignity Act he championed Man with locked-in syndrome dies at home week after losing euthanasia court case A September Suffolk University/7 NEWS poll found 64 percent of likely Massachusetts voters support the initiative.
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| -0.164228 | "If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. ... |
| -0.164228 | "If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. "I know it would for me." |
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Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass.
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