Georgia Court Strikes Down Law Against Assisted-Suicide Ads
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A Georgia law barring the advertisement of services related to assisted suicide is an unconstitutional violation of free-speech rights, the state’s supreme court ruled.
The statute didn’t outlaw assisted suicide in Georgia, where there is no law against the practice, the court said in today’s 7-0 ruling. The legislation makes it a crime to publicly offer help to those who want to end their lives, the court said. The law doesn’t bar all offers to help, only those that were publicly advertised, which violates the free-speech guarantees in the Georgia and U.S. constitutions, the court ruled.