Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

English: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, best known for his advocacy for assisted suicide (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Three American states now permit physician-assisted suicide: Montana, Oregon and Washington.  Why those three geographically proximate states?

http://verdict.justia.com/2012/12/17/the-ongoing-debate-over-physician-assisted-suicide

Here's what Howard Ball of the Cato Institute has to say about the issue:

http://www.cato-unbound.org/2012/12/10/howard-ball/physician-assisted-death-in-america-ethics-law-and-policy-conflicts/

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