AK says 'no' to assisted suicide
Alaska's Supreme Court Friday ruled there was no constitutional right to "assisted suicide," ending a long legal battle waged on behalf of a woman with cancer and a man with AIDS who had petitioned the state to be assisted to commit suicide. Both have since died, but the battle has been carried on by Compassion in Dying and other pro-assisted sucide advocates. Friday's ruling was a victory for Not Dead Yet, who had argued that changing the law would pose a danger to people with disabilities; an argument the Court agreed with.