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Do people have a fundamental right for physician-assisted suicide?

Bar Exam Prep Constitutional Law Substantive Due Process Do people have a fundamental right for physician-assisted suicide?
🇺🇸 Constitutional Law • Substantive Due Process CONLAW#103

Legal Definition

No.

Plain English Explanation

The Supreme Court has held that there is no fundamental right protected by the Constitution for a terminally ill person to obtain a doctor's help in ending their own life. This means that laws banning physician-assisted suicide are analyzed under lower standards of review like rational basis, rather than strict scrutiny.
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