Experts point to a number of fallacies in the argument. EPA researchers guessed, rather than measured, how much air pollution study subjects were exposed to. No one, including the EPA, has yet demonstrated how airborne particles could cause higher death rates. Most Americans say the state should not interfere. Forty percent said that in such a position they would consider suicide themselves.
Most states consider it a crime to assist another person to commit suicide.
But the law is unclear in a number of states. Oregon is the only state to actually move toward assisted suicide - although a 1994 ballot initiative giving approval has yet to be implemented. In nine states and the District of Columbia court rulings and tradition have defined assisted suicide as a crime. The law is unclear in five states. Assisted suicide is clearly unlawful in the remaining 35 states.