CT: State argues ban on assisted suicide is a matter for legislature, not courts

The Day: “During the first court hearing in a lawsuit challenging Connecticut’s ban on assisted suicide, the state Monday sought to persuade a judge that the legislature, not a courthouse, is the proper venue to decide whether doctors should be prosecuted for helping patients end their lives.”
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(10.14.2009) OneNewsNow: “A pro-family spokesman in Connecticut sees similarities between his state’s previous battle over same-sex ‘marriage’ and another current legal squabble over physician-assisted suicide . . . ‘They’ve learned that when you can’t get something through the people’s representatives, what you can do in Connecticut is…try to get the courts to just impose it.’”

(10.7.2009) Hartford Courant (AP): “Two Connecticut physicians and end-of-life advocates have filed a lawsuit seeking to clarify whether doctors can help terminally ill patients with dying.”