GA assisted-suicide law struck down
ATLANTA, Feb. 6 (UPI) — The Georgia Supreme Court struck down the state’s assisted-suicide law, saying it violated free-speech clauses in the state and U.S. constitutions.
“As a general matter … government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content,” said the unanimous decision issued Monday in favor of four members the Final Exit Network. ”
The four were charged for assisting in a 2008 suicide, The Atlanta Journal Constitution said. A 1994 Georgia law made it a felony for anyone “who publicly advertises, offers or holds himself or herself out as offering […]