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Federal money, by law, cannot be used in assisted suicide.

Washington is one of three states to have legal assisted suicide.

And is assisted suicide or not something that people should have a choice about?

With his wife and a family friend present, he committed assisted suicide.

Assisted suicide, though generally against the law, happens all the time.

Four years ago, the court suggested that assisted suicide was a matter for the states.

Either way, there are always people to talk to in the context of assisted suicide.

But for now, assisted suicide remains illegal in all 50 states.

On the question of assisted suicide, he said, "it's very hard to think what a little step would be."

"He's been an advocate for assisted suicide and I think he did talk about it with his mother."

But most experts say they believe that assisted suicide is becoming more common.

Now make a decision as to whether assisted suicide is going to go on."

Q. We're having a debate in this country over assisted suicide.

Unlike assisted suicide, for example, it is a quiet issue.

When an assisted suicide is declared, a police inquiry may be started.

This was seen as a victory for supporters of assisted suicide.

Assisted suicide is where the patient actively takes the last step in their death.

That would also remove the incentive for assisted suicide in 2010.

The doctor had made no secret of his crusade for assisted suicide.

"It is only when all else fails that assisted suicide makes sense," he said.

How close are we to the legalisation of assisted suicide?

All 50 states have either a criminal or common law sanction against assisted suicide.

But the debate has spilled past the boundaries of assisted suicide.

The law on assisted suicide is murky, largely because there have been so few cases.

The ethics of assisted suicide demand that patients, not doctors or anyone else, be in full control.