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Group Drops Challenge of State's Assisted Suicide Law
A Denver-based group that challenged Connecticut law barring assisted suicide has announced it will not appeal a recent ruling by a judge who said the law applies to physicians who prescribe medicine that will help terminally ill patients end their lives. Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit organization that focuses on end-of-life issues, said that Connecticut doctors Gary Blick and Ron Levine will not pursue their case. The two had argued that a doctor aiding a terminally ill patient is not practicing assisted suicide and therefore physicians shouldn't be included under the law. Attorneys for the state had argued that it was not an issue for the courts to decide, and in early June Superior Court Julia Aurigemma said any changes to the law must come from the legislature.
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