Update (May 14): Massachusetts residents voted not to legalize physician-assisted suicide last November, allowing Vermont to slide in as the third state to allow the practice. Vermont joins Oregon and Washington state, allowing terminally ill patients to opt to self-administer life-ending drugs.
Across the Atlantic, France and Belgium also have recently considered expanding their end-of-life laws.
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Massachusetts residents will vote for more than presidential candidates on this fall's ballot. In addition, voters will decide on the Death With Dignity Act, potentially another step on the slow spread of laws permitting physician-assisted suicide.
The Massachusetts Death With Dignity referendum would allow terminally ill patients to choose to take their own lives with doctor-prescribed medication, similar to already-approved right-to-die legislation in Montana, Oregon, and Washington state.
The Roman Catholic Church "is waging an all-out battle against what it calls a 'grotesque threat to the ...
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