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Medically assisted suicide has become legal in 10 states and Washington, DC , while 19 other states are considering their own legalization measures. Many doctors say the practice is unethical.
Readers have a wide variety of reactions to the Globe's photojournalistic portrait of Lynda Bluestein, who traveled to Vermont from Connecticut to die on her own terms.