A democratic decision. No constitutional support for assisted suicide.
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.
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Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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