NORTHAMPTON Sen. Joanne Comerford said she intends to reintroduce a bill next month that would legalize “physician-assisted suicide,” just days after the state’s highest court ruled that the state constitution does not protect a doctor who provides.
NORTHAMPTON Sen. Joanne Comerford said she intends to reintroduce a bill next month that would legalize “physician-assisted suicide,” just days after the state’s highest court ruled that the state constitution does not protect a doctor who provides.
In a ruling issued Monday, the state Supreme Judicial Court said doctors can be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter if they help patients end their lives.
The state's Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments in a drunken driving case that legal experts say could have wider implications for tens of thousands of other cases involving evidence possibly tested with unreliable alcohol breath testing machines.
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