Washington Suicide Law In Effect

Item: Assisted suicide law now in effect: Washington measure patterned after one from Oregon /Brandon Macz/Lewiston Tribune

More Info: The Death with Dignity Act takes effect in Washington today, but language in the law could turn local patients toward private practitioners and away from hospitals in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and on the Palouse. Similar to Oregon’s Right-to-Die law, which was implemented nearly 11 years ago and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006, the Death with Dignity Act allows terminal patients with six months or less to live to request fatal medications. It was placed on Washington ballots last year and received about 60 percent approval statewide. About 56 percent of Asotin County residents voted in favor of the initiative.

Question: Should Idaho adopt an assisted-suicide law?