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Article: Attorneys, argue over assisted suicide law. (Nation).(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 12, 2002
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U.S. District Judge Robert Jones listened for three hours March 22 as lawyers representing Oregon attacked a November U.S. Justice Department decision that could thwart the state's law allowing terminally ill patients to get help from doctors in committing suicide.
The state lawyers argued, among other things, that U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft failed to give advance notice before he ruled that federally regulated drugs are off-limits for assisted suicide. The Justice Department, the attorneys charged, also violated states' "traditional" authority over medical practice.
Oregon's lawsuit has been joined by several terminally ill patients.
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