Montana Becomes Third State to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Posted Dec 08 2008 8:53pm
Montana joins Washington and Oregon, but an appeal is expected to surface. BD
Montana residents have a constitutional right to doctor-assisted suicide — at least until the state judge’s opinion is appealed. Montana’s attorney general plans to take the case to a higher court.
The judge ruled late Friday that the Montana state constitution’s protections for human dignity and individual privacy permit competent, terminally-ill Montana residents to get medications causing a peaceful death.
Montana joins Washington and Oregon, but an appeal is expected to surface. BD
Montana residents have a constitutional right to doctor-assisted suicide — at least until the state judge’s opinion is appealed. Montana’s attorney general plans to take the case to a higher court.
The judge ruled late Friday that the Montana state constitution’s protections for human dignity and individual privacy permit competent, terminally-ill Montana residents to get medications causing a peaceful death.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/12/08/montana-becomes-third-state-to-allow-doct