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Until after a Supreme Court ruling in 2006 threw out a Justice Department effort to block Oregonâs law, no other state permitted assisted suicide. Washington adopted its measure in 2008. Several northern European countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland, also allow assisted suicide.
Assisted suicide advocates claim that the California DWDA, if passed by the legislature, would simply provide dying patients with the means to a dignified death. But the bill has drawn strong opposition from Californians who donât agree.