Montana Doctors Could be Forced to Assist in Suicide

A Montana trial court has ruled that citizens have a "right" to assisted suicide, according to the state constitution. That case, Baxter v. Montana, has been appealed to the Montana Supreme Court and the Christian Legal Society and the Christian Medical Association have teamed up on a friend of the court brief asking the court to reverse the decision or at least find and equal right for medical providers to NOT participate. Unlike Oregon and Washington states where assisted suicide was enacted through the legislature, Montana offers no conscience protections for health care workers who don't want to kill their patients. Casey Mattox, litigation counsel with the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law & Religious Freedom, has more on the wide-reaching impacts of this case. Listen | Download

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