title: A democratic decision. No constitutional support for assisted suicide.
abstract: While the issue of assisted suicide continues to receive mixed reviews in the Michigan courts, the United States Supreme Court recently held unanimously that state laws banning physician-assisted suicide are constitutional. Under the court's ruling, terminally ill adults do not have a constitutionally-protected right to obtain a physician's aid in dying.
authors.affiliation: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008824:Michigan; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States