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Article: Supreme Court to Revisit Assisted Suicide
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GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-05-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
People queue outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington waiting for admission on the opening day of the Fall term in this Oct. 4, 2004 file photo. The Court opens its 2005 Fall term Monday with a young new leader, an old member anxious to leave, and a calendar packed with contentious issues like abortion, assisted suicide and capital punishment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
The Supreme Court will revisit the emotionally charged issue of physician-assisted suicide in a test of the federal government's power to block doctors from helping terminally ill patients end their lives.
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