Vacco v. Quill - States That Allow Assisted Suicide
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- Oregon is the only state in which physician assisted suicide is legal.
- In 1994, Oregon became the first state to make it legal for physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients.
- In October of 1997, the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law.
- Oregon's law only allows physicians to administer life-ending drugs after a 15-day waiting period has elapsed.
- Attempts by other states such as New York and Washington to legalize physician-assisted suicides have not withstood legal challenges.
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