X-Message-Number: 5931 Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 08:48:18 -0500 (EST) From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> Subject: Re: Ninth Circuit Court Ruling !!BALLOONS, CHAMPAGNE AND FIREWORKS!! Major progress on the legal front, for our safety and a "long, long life". Questions: does this cover state residents only? Or what would residency requirements entail (Oregon, 1 yr?... Nevada, 24 hrs?) Would it cover non-US residents? On Wed, 13 Mar -1, CryoNet wrote: > #5917: Ninth Circuit Court ruling [David Brandt-Erichsen] > entire Ninth Circuit Court decision (over 100 pages long) is available at > <http://www.rights.org/deathnet/ergo.html>. > > On March 6, 1996, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it is > unconstitutional for any law to prohibit a physician from prescribing > life-ending medication for use by terminally ill, competent adults who wish > to hasten their own deaths. As of that date, such physician-assisted > suicide became legal in all states within the Ninth District: Alaska, > Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5931