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Boston Globe Columnist Signed Papers Helping Woman Kill Herself While He Was Covering Her Last Days

Boston Globe Columnist Signed Papers Helping Woman Kill Herself While He Was Covering Her Last Days

A columnist for The Boston Globe recently reported a story about a woman traveling from Connecticut to Vermont to use the state's physician-assisted suicide law — except he made himself part of the story. The story notes that to take advantage of Vermont's physician-assisted suicide law, someone needs two witnesses to sign for the person saying the person is mentally competent enough to decide to kill himself.

A columnist for The Boston Globe recently reported a story about a woman traveling from Connecticut to Vermont to use the state's physician-assisted suicide law — except he made himself part of the story. The story notes that to take advantage of Vermont's physician-assisted suicide law, someone needs two witnesses to sign for the person saying the person is mentally competent enough to decide to kill himself.…