"Fourth U.S. state to affirmatively legalize aid-in-dying." After reviewing the actual language of bill, this seems to be something of an overstatement. The Vermont law merely immunizes the physican from a patient "who self-adminsters more than a prescribed dosage" and dies in the process. It doesn't authorize prescription of a fatal dosage or affirmatively allow the physician to assist the patient to calculate the dosage above the prescribed amount will achieve the desired result.
Vermont has become the fourth U.S. state to affirmatively legalize aid-in-dying. (Vermont House Journal) (USA Today)
"Fourth U.S. state to affirmatively legalize aid-in-dying." After reviewing the actual language of bill, this seems to be something of an overstatement.
ReplyDeleteThe Vermont law merely immunizes the physican from a patient "who self-adminsters more than a prescribed dosage" and dies in the process. It doesn't authorize prescription of a fatal dosage or affirmatively allow the physician to assist the patient to calculate the dosage above the prescribed amount will achieve the desired result.
It does more than that. See the Journal starting at page 1667
ReplyDeletehttp://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/journal/HJ130513.pdf