The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that there is no fundamental right for a terminally ill patient to seek assistance from a physician in ending their life. As this aid in dying trend is making its way across the United States, New Mexico resisted and upheld their Assisted Suicide Act. One Justice overseeing the case indicated that it would be hard to determine the qualifications for terminally ill patients or what constitutes a safe medical practice or medication. Some supporters of the decision also warn of coercion and abuse that could slip its way into the passage of an aid in dying law.
See Scott Sandlin, New Mexico Assisted Suicide Law Affirmed, Albuquerque Journal, June 30, 2016.
