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Assisted suicide is illegal in these 35 states:
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin

Assisted suicide is illegal through common law in these nine states:
Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia

Assisted suicide is neither legal nor illegal in these five states:
North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming

Assisted suicide is legal nor illegal in this state:
Oregon

Below is additional information on death with dignity efforts and assisted-suicide laws in specific states. States not listed below have either made no efforts to legalize physician-assisted dying or specifically prohibit assisted suicide.

Arizona
California
Florida
Hawai'i
Louisiana
Maine
Michigan
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

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