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Massachusetts' highest court ruled against overturning a common-law prohibition on physician-assisted suicide in a case that has been working its way through the courts since 2016.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled on Monday that physician-assisted suicide is not protected by the commonwealth’s constitution, according to court documents.

The Supreme Judicial Court has denied a request to recognize a constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. “In this case, we are faced with the solemn task of determining whether the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights provides a substantive due process right to physician-assisted suicide,” Justice Frank M. Gaziano wrote for the majority. Gaziano said while the

The state's highest court has spoken: physician-assisted suicide is illegal in Massachusetts.

The high court said the Legislature has the ultimate decision on medical aid in dying.

In a ruling issued Monday, the state Supreme Judicial Court said doctors can be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter if they help patients end their lives.

The highest court in Massachusetts said in a decision Monday that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with...

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution

The highest court in Massachusetts said in a decision Monday that allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses is not protected by the state constitution.

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that the state constitution does not allow a physician to help a terminally ill patient die, that, in fact, it could be considered a form of manslaughter. Read more.