Vermont Opens Door to Out-of-State Assisted Suicides

Vermont has updated its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from other states to end their lives in Vermont.
The residency requirement for Vermont's decades-old medically assisted suicide law has been removed.
Vermont is the second state after Oregon to allow nonresidents access to medically assisted suicide.
Supporters say the law provides patients a peaceful death with dignity regardless of borders while critics warn it could lead to "death tourism."
The change in law follows lawsuits from out-of-state individuals seeking to use Vermont's medically assisted suicide law.