Which state law was the first state law passed to permit physician-assisted suicide in certain circumstances?
A. California's Natural Death Act
B. Patient Self-Determination Act
C. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
D. Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
E. Vermont's Death with Dignity Act
C. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
In 1997, Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was passed, making the state the first to permit physician-assisted suicide in certain circumstances. In 1976, California's Natural Death Act was the nation's first right to die statute. In 1990, congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act, the first federal act concerning advance directives. The 1989 Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act serves as a guideline for state legislatures in constructing laws addressing advance directives. Vermont enacted its Death with Dignity law in 2013.
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