Vacco v. Quill
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vacco-v-quill-281-10137111
title:
Vacco v. Quill
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Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the right to die. It ruled 9–0 that a New York ban on physician-assisted suicide was constitutional, and preventing doctors from assisting their patients, even those terminally ill and/or in great pain, was a legitimate state interest that was well within the authority of the state to regulate. In brief, this decision established that, as a matter of law, there was no constitutional g
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1997 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacco_v._Quill
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2023-09-21T18:25:55Z
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