Terminally ill Utahns may now have easier access to physician-assisted suicide after the in-state residency requirement was abandoned for Oregon s Death with Dignity Act.
A court settlement ends Oregon’s in-state residency requirement for life-ending medication. The Death with Dignity Act legalizes lethal prescriptions for patients with terminal illnesses that will lead to death within six months. Physician-assisted suicide could be more accessible to patients in Utah and other states.
After listening to the testimony of a woman who lost her daughter due to Lou Gehrig s disease, a Utah House committee nixed a proposed bill to legalize the use of end-of-life prescriptions.
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