Why Choice is an Illusion?
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Governor John Kasich |
On December 19, 2016, Governor John Kasich signed a bill requiring licensing of palliative care facilities. The bill, HB 470,
included Section 3795.04, making assisted suicide a felony, as follows:
(A) Except as provided in section 3795.03 of the Revised Code, no person shall knowingly cause another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide by doing either of the following:
(1) Providing the physical means by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide;
(2) Participating in a physical act by which the other person commits or attempts to commit suicide.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of assisting suicide, a felony of the third degree.