Billy is a resident of Oklahoma. He is terminally ill and in pain. He would like...

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

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Expert Solution

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.

Rahul Sunny answered 2 years ago

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