Lawsuit seeks to prove legality of Massachusetts physician-assisted suicide

Lawsuit seeks to prove legality of Massachusetts physician-assisted suicide

BOSTON — A pair of Cape Cod doctors, one suffering from terminal cancer, have filed a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court as part of an effort to prove that physician-assisted suicide is not a crime in the Bay State.

Falmouth resident Dr. Roger Kligler, diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, is named as a plaintiff in the suit along with Woods Hole Dr. Alan Steinbach, who runs a family practice.

Obama State Department ‘stands in solidarity with intersex persons around the world’
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Obama State Department ‘stands in solidarity with intersex persons around the world’

Susan Jones

(CNSNews.com) – "On the occasion of Intersex Awareness Day, the United States stands in solidarity with intersex persons around the world," the U.S. State Department announced in a press statement on Wednesday.

"We recognize that intersex persons face violence, discrimination, stigma, harassment, and persecution on account of their sex characteristics, which do not fit binary notions of typical male or female bodies."

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