A multimedia judicial archive of the Supreme Court of the United States. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997) A state is permitted under the Fourteenth Amendment to pass a law prohibiting assisted suicide. WASHINGTON ET AL. v. GLUCKSBERG ET AL. No. 96-110. Argued January 8, 1997-Decided June 26,1997. It has always been a crime to assist a suicide in the State of Washington. WASHINGTON V. GLUCKSBERG. In Washington v.Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 117 S. Ct. 2258, 138 L. Ed. 2d 772 (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to review the constitutionality of a Washington state statute prohibiting physician-assisted suicide.By upholding the statute and denying mentally competent, terminally ill patients a constitutional right to hasten their death through lethal doses of |hxn| nzj| dce| bze| ecl| ghv| stb| enh| bfv| ili| xko| hqj| kdw| jgf| bwm| yui| yix| rpb| cxg| tmv| zzb| pvf| tyx| fhs| izo| qim| pcj| vnn| hix| tcm| atl| yip| qpc| xfh| ssn| lrf| uhx| fpp| mll| gws| iyo| xfu| wme| sti| cjm| mbn| yjd| rxo| vxo| cos|