Legal Opinion
Vacco v. Quill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1997No. 95-1858PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
In New York, as in most States, it is a crime to aid another to commit or attempt suicide,1 but patients may refuse even *797lifesaving medical treatment.2 The question presented by this case is whether New York’s prohibition on assisting suicide therefore violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We hold that it does not.
Petitioners are various New York public officials. Respondents Timothy E. Quill, Samuel C. Klagsbrun, and Howard A. Grossman are physicians who practice in New York. They assert that although it would be “consistent with the standards of [their] medical…
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