Over 200 terminally ill people have chosen to receive life-ending drugs in in the past decade since the state legalized assisted suicide in 2013. A new by the Vermont Department of Health revealed that 203 patients chose to 'die with dignity' between May 2013 and June 2023. In May 2013, the Vermont General Assembly passed Act 39, which allows capable, terminally ill adult patients to request and obtain a prescription for life-ending medication to hasten their death.
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