The acquittal of a Dutch doctor who drugged and euthanized a dementia patient against her will sparked outrage in the United States as assisted suicide bills spread. 
Assisted suicide may be back on the table in Democrat-led Massachusetts, despite years of rejection in the statehouse. 
The American Medical Association will continue to oppose prescribing lethal medication to patients. More than 70 percent of its delegates voted to preserve the AMA code that says “assisted suicide would ultimately cause more harm than good.” 
The Democrat-led Maine Legislature voted to legalize assisted suicide.
The bill would allow doctors to prescribe terminally ill patients with fatal drugs. The House passed the bill on Monday by a margin of one vote, leading the Senate to pass the bill to the desk of Democratic governor Janet Mills with a vote of 19-16. One of New York's top medical associations reiterated its opposition to assisted suicide as lawmakers debate a bill to allow the practice. 
The Trump administration will safeguard the rights of doctors to decline performing procedures they find morally objectionable. New Jersey became the eighth state in the country to legalize assisted suicide on Friday. 
Assisted suicide is dead in the water in Maryland after the state Senate failed to advance a legalization bill. 
New Jersey is on the verge of becoming the eighth state to allow doctors to give lethal medications to sick patients. The Democrat-controlled Maryland House of Delegates moved forward legislation to legalize assisted suicide. 