Suicide and Federalism - The Supreme Court Case of Gonzales v. Oregon

On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Oregon's 1997 "Death With Dignity Act" could stand, that a federal law did not supercede the rights reserved to the states to control "medical matters".

The following is a look at the ethics of physician assisted suicide, and the constitutional questions involved. Please refer to the longer written piece on the matter at the Liberty Conspiracy.

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