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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.