Uphold the 1997 Oregon state physician-assisted suicide law.In a major defeat for the Bush administration and former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. , the U.S. Supreme Court voted six to three in January to uphold the 1997 Oregon state physician-assisted suicide Noun 1. physician-assisted suicide - assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician assisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible law. The majority opinion was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy and supported by Justices John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is currently the most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the Court in 1975 and is the oldest and longest serving incumbent member of the Court. , Stephen Breyer, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. . Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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