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The Court gave the verdict: "We conclude that aid in dying is not a fundamental liberty interest under the New Mexico Constitution". [55] On April 8, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act into law after the bill passed the New Mexico Legislature, legalizing assisted suicide in the state ...
Currently, euthanasia is illegal in Massachusetts. According to Ch. 201D §12 Massachusetts states that "Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end one's own life other than to permit the natural process of dying". [15]
Since 1994, the following states in the US have passed assisted suicide laws: Oregon (Death with Dignity Act, 1994), Washington (Death with Dignity Act, 2008), Vermont (Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life Act, 2013), California (End of Life Option Act, 2015), Colorado (End of Life Options Act, 2016), District of Columbia (D.C. Death ...
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Aylene Wozmak, the Rev. Peter Friedrichs and former state representative Ed Butler support the End of Life Options Act in front of the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Supporters of the End of Life Options Act, including the Director of NH Alliance for End of Life Options Rebecca Brown (middle), gather outside the Senate Health and Human Services committee on ...
Hawaii: Our Care, Our Choice Act. Maine: Death with Dignity Act. Montana: Baxter v. State, 2009 MT 449. New Jersey: Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. New Mexico: Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act. Oregon: Death with Dignity Act. Vermont: Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act. Washington: Death with Dignity Act.
CONCORD — The End of Life Options Act, which would allow terminally ill people in New Hampshire to choose to receive medical aid in dying, gained its first victory in the House Judiciary ...