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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Law - U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oregon assisted suicide law

Gina Holland of the AP reports:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

Justices, on a 6-3 vote, said the 1997 Oregon law used to end the lives of more than 200 seriously ill people trumped federal authority to regulate doctors. * * *

Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia dissented.

For more, see How Appealing and SCOTUSblog.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 17, 2006 11:02 AM
Posted to General Law Related