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Vacco v. Quill

States That Allow Assisted Suicide

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.