Washington v. Glucksberg
United States Supreme Court
521 U.S. 702 (1997)
Relevant factsFree
Washington physicians, including Glucksberg (plaintiff), sued the state (defendant) challenging its criminal ban on assisting suicide, arguing the ban prevented them from helping terminally ill patients who wished to end their lives and violated a Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest; the district court and court of appeals agreed, and the state sought Supreme Court review.
IssueFree
Whether a state may prohibit physician-assisted suicide without violating the Fourteenth Amendment.