The Supreme Court intervened to uphold a law allowing doctors to use drugs to facilitate the deaths of terminally ill patients who requested such assistance in

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Gonzales v. Oregon was a case decided by the Supreme Court in 2006 in which the court upheld Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use prescription drugs to end their lives. The case was a significant victory for proponents of assisted suicide and established that the federal government could not override state laws on the matter.

The Supreme Court Intervened to Uphold a Law Allowing Doctors