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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.
This is an emerging area of the law and only a handful of states permit physician-assisted suicide. If you have additional legal questions about this issue, including euthanasia and advanced directives, contact a health care attorney in your state.