IS Euthanasia Legal in the US?

Question

all states?

Is it legal in Oregon?

Answer 1

it is only legal in the state of Oregon

Answer 2

People may play semantics, but euthanasia IS legal in Oregon. Technically it's "Physician-Assisted Suicide" and it is through the "Death with Dignity Act."
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/

You can also argue that a form of euthanasia is legal in Texas as well--owing to their "futile care theory."
"Hospitals around the country — nobody knows how many — have been quietly promulgating internal rules to permit patients like Andrea Clarke to be denied wanted treatment to maintain their lives. But the legality of internal ethics committees acting as quasi courts to order unilateral treatment refusal remains uncertain in most states.

Texas, however, has become ground zero for futile-care theory thanks to a draconian state law passed in 1999 — of dubious constitutionality, some believe — that explicitly permits a hospital ethics committee to refuse wanted life-sustaining care. Under the Texas Health and Safety Code, if the physician disagrees with a patient's decision to receive treatment, he or she can take it to the hospital ethics committee. A committee hearing is then scheduled, all interested parties explain their positions, and the members deliberate in private."
http://www.nationalreview.com/smithw/smith200604271406.asp

Answer 3

it is not legal here, not at all. not to say it doesn't happen. and honestly, we need to enact legislation that addresses this issue. the right to live and the right to die should not be held captive by the government.

i believe there may be some european countries (holland?) that allow it.

Answer 4

No, it isn't legal in any state. Quite frankly, I find that fact barbaric and disrespectful. I think it should be legal.

Answer 5

No, it is not.