Currently, thirty-one states have criminalized explicitly the act of assisted suicide . ... Supreme Court has not reviewed a physician-assisted suicide case, which would create precedent, constitutes a dilemma for the state courts in that there is no uniform test or ruling by which to decide. ... This is clear due to the thirty-one states which have already incorporated the act into their penal codes as being illegal. ... At the time of the publication of this article, California, Washington, Oregon, and Michigan were preparing or has already proposed general election initiatives which would p...

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