Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states

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Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assisted-suicide-legal-agenda-several-states-084111046.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8l_byxLh2Olmt61DVbgoRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a48b19c9b947f304280f6a7067007aa7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Cathy Ludlum poses for a photograph at her home in Manchester, Conn. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Ludlum, a disabled-rights activist who has spinal muscular atrophy, said she is concerned the state's Public Health Committee has decided to hold the public hearing and worries the issue of doctor-assisted suicide will not go away soon, adding she wants lawmakers to focus more on &quot;giving people a good life than giving people a good death.&quot; (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" align="left" title="Cathy Ludlum poses for a photograph at her home in Manchester, Conn. on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Ludlum, a disabled-rights activist who has spinal muscular atrophy, said she is concerned the state's Public Health Committee has decided to hold the public hearing and worries the issue of doctor-assisted suicide will not go away soon, adding she wants lawmakers to focus more on &quot;giving people a good life than giving people a good death.&quot; (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" border="0" /></a>HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) â€" A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to end their own lives.</p><br clear="all"/>

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