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Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law - The Boston Globe

May 02, 2023 View Original Article
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    40% ReliableFair

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48% : Barnard specializes in hospice and palliative care and has patients from neighboring New York state, which, like Connecticut, doesn't allow medically assisted suicide.
43% :Vermont is one of 10 states that allow medically assisted suicide.
42% : Right to Life opposed the underlying concept behind assisted suicide and opposes the move to remove the residency requirement as there are still no safeguards that protect vulnerable patients from coercion," said Beerworth, adding she had a number of concerns including what liability Vermont could incur if the drugs failed to end a patient's life.

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