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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.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997). In February 2015, New York state senators Brad Hoylman and Diane Savino introduced a âDeath With Dignity Actâ to allow physician-assisted suicide in the state.owever, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997). In February 2015, New York state senators Brad Hoylman and Diane Savino introduced a âDeath With Dignity Actâ to allow physician-assisted suicide in the state.