amednews: 2 physician-assisted suicide bills face off in Montana :: Feb. 9, 2011 ... American Medical News: Hearings scheduled for Feb. 9 before the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee will examine two competing bills aimed at clarifying the legality of practicing physician-assisted suicide in the state.
The legislative proposals -- one would ban aid-in-dying, while the other would regulate it -- come on the heels of a December 2009 Montana Supreme Court ruling that doctors who prescribe life-ending medications for patients with terminal illnesses are not subject to state homicide statutes. The ruling left unclear whether physicians who provide aid in dying would be risking a medical liability suit or jeopardizing their license to practice medicine.
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