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Dec. 5, 2008 – State of Montana Legalizes Physician-Assisted Suicide

Posted on July 23, 2013 by ProCon.org

Montana district judge Dorothy McCarter rules in the case of Baxter v. State of Montana that Montana residents have the legal right to physician assisted suicide, thus making it the third US state to legalize physician aid in dying.

Baxter v. State of Montana, Dec. 5, 2008

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