Current and Previous Threats
Massachusetts – 2012 Opponents of physician-assisted suicide overcome 49 point deficit to defeat Ballot Question 2
Vermont – 2011 Death of Assisted Suicide Legislation Leaves Proponents Reeling
Montana - 2009 Assisted Suicide Legalized in Montana; Attorney General to Appeal
Washington State – 2008 Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Legalized in Washington State Pro-Euthanasia Group Again Promoting Assisted Suicide in 2008 Washington State Ballot Initiative California – 2006 – 2008 In California Assisted Suicide Advocates Again Undermine Medicine Assisted Suicide Proposal Defeated in California Senate Committee
Hawaii – 2002 Last-Minute Vote Switches Keep Assisting Suicide Illegal in Hawaii Alaska – 2001 Alaska Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Assisted Suicide Maine – 2000 Come-from-Behind Victory Against Maine Assisting Suicide Referendum Elates Anti-Euthanasia Forces