Title: Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia
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Euthanasia in the United States
Contents
Early history
Legislation and political movements
California
Maine
New Jersey
Texas
Massachusetts
Oregon
Unsuccessful initiatives
U.S. public opinion on euthanasia
Opinion by Christian affiliation
Opinion by race and gender
See also
References
Further reading

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Euthanasia in the United States
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Legal history of euthanasia in the United States
This article is about euthanasia. For assisted suicide, see Assisted suicide in the United States. Part of a series on
Euthanasia
Types
Animal
Child
Voluntary
Non-voluntary
Involuntary
Views
Religious
Buddhist
Catholic
Culture of life
Euthanasia and the slippery slope
Right to die
Right to life
Groups
Compassion & Choices
Death with Dignity National Center
Dignitas
Exit International
Final Exit Network
Hemlock Society
Not Dead Yet
Care Not Killing
People
Jack Kevorkian
Philip Nitschke
Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit
The Peaceful Pill Handbook
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia
Canada
India
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Laws
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia)
Baby Doe Law
Alternatives
Assisted suicide
Palliative care
Principle of double effect
Palliative sedation
Other issues
Suicide tourism
Groningen Protocol
Euthanasia device
Filial responsibility
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Euthanasia is illegal in most of the United States. Assisted suicide /assisted death is legal in Washington, D.C. and the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Washington; its status is disputed in Montana, though currently authorized per the Montana Supreme Court's ruling in Baxter v. Montana that "nothing in Montana Supreme Court precedent or Montana statutes [indicates] that physician aid in dying is against public policy." The key difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is that in cases of assisted suicide, the individual receives assistance, but ultimately voluntarily causes their own death. In euthanasia the individual does not directly end their life, but another person acts to cause the individual's death. Contents
1 Early history
2 Legislation and political movements
2.1 California
2.2 Maine
2.3 New Jersey
2.4 Texas
2.5 Massachusetts
2.6 Oregon
2.7 Unsuccessful initiatives
3 U.S. public opinion on euthanasia
3.1 Opinion by Christian affiliation
3.2 Opinion by race and gender
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
Early history
See also: Eugenics in the United States § Euthanasia programs
Debates about the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide date from ancient Greece and Rome. After the development of ether, physicians began advocating the use of anesthetics to relieve the pain of death.