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Article: NA GEN US Supreme Court Assisted Suicide
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- October 4, 2005
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AP Worldstream
10-04-2005
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Oregon's assisted suicide law
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By CHARLES E. BEGGS
Associated Press Writer
SALEM, Oregon (AP) _ The state of Oregon is poised to defend its landmark assisted suicide law before the Supreme Court, a key test that pits one of the country's most progressive states against a staunchly conservative Bush administration in a legal battle over America's first such law.
President George W. Bush's administration claims the Oregon law violates federal drug laws because assisted suicide is not a legitimate use of controlled substances. But the state contends that ...