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Last updated on: 1/28/2019 | Author: ProCon.org

State-by-State Physician-Assisted Suicide Statistics

Posted on January 28, 2019 (June 24, 2020) by ProCon.org

Since 1998, doctors have written over 4,000 prescriptions for physician-assisted suicide (PAS) drugs, and 66.3% of patients have used the drugs to end their lives. Explore additional statistics in this new resource.

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