Question

Billy is a resident of Oklahoma. He is terminally ill and in pain. He would like his physician to prescribe medications to cause a quick, painless death. Billy’s physician refuses to do so, because under the state law, physician-assisted suicide is a felony. Billy challenges the law in court, arguing that the state law violates the U.S. Constitution. Is he right? Why or why not?

Select one:

a. No, because the U.S. Supreme Court has held that states can choose to prohibit physician-assisted suicide

b. No, because the U.S. Constitution never applies to state laws

c. Yes, because there is a fundamental constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide

d. Yes, because physician-assisted suicide is a privacy right under the U.S. Constitution

Answer 1

U.S. constitution does not provide any right to physician assisted suicide right but still it varies from State to State. It is under process of U.S. constitution to make a right to die through which a person can die with medications when they are ill and there is no recovery scope. Thus option A is correct.