Throughout the United States, committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is not a legal offense; however, helping another person commit suicide is a criminal act. Physician assisted suicide occurs when a physician facilitates a patient's death by providing the necessary means and information to enable the patient to perform the life-ending act. Physician assisted suicide is illegal in most states with the only exception being Oregon, which allows people who are terminally ill and …showed first 75 words of 648 total…

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