From “Delete Your Account” to “Delete Yourself”: Legislated Suicide and the Role of Psychiatry

摘要

By a 2:1 margin, Colorado voters passed the End of Life Options Act (Proposition 106), becoming the sixth state in which PAS is legal via a state law (Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and California) or through a court decision (Montana). Washington, DC, has also passed a “Death with Dignity Act,” and PAS legislation is making its way through state legislative processes in Hawaii, Maine, and numerous other states.