Vermont House approves physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill

[JURIST] The Vermont House of Representatives [official website] on Monday approved a bill [S 77, PDF] that would allow a consulting physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a terminally ill individual who meets certain criteria. For the first three years after its passage, the legislation will model Oregon's Death with Dignity Act [official materials] by including safeguards [AP report] which require, among other things, that the patient be competent and assert on three separate occasions the desire...

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