Legal Opinion
Washington v. Glucksberg
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1997No. 96-110PublishedCited by 2,419 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Kehnquist
The question presented in this ease is whether Washington’s prohibition against “caus[ing]” or “aid[ing]” a suicide *706offends the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We hold that it does not.
It has always been a crime to assist a suicide in the State of Washington. In 1854, Washington’s first Territorial Leg*707islature outlawed “assisting another in the commission of self-murder.”1 Today, Washington law provides: “A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he knowingly causes or aids another person to attempt suicide.” Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.36.060(1) (1994).…
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