title: Maurice Généreux
Vacco v. Quill
Jack Kevorkian
California End of Life Option Act
Massachusetts ballot measures, 2012
Act 39
Euthanasia in the Netherlands
Christy Canyon
Michigan gubernatorial election, 1998
Assisted suicide in the United States
sentences: Maurice Généreux is a Canadian physician who was convicted in 1998 of prescribing medications to two HIV positive men in Toronto, Canada in 1996; medications that subsequently allowed the men, Mark Jewitt and Aaron Mcginn, to commit suicide in 1996.
 Généreux was the first doctor in North America to be convicted of assisting a suicide (followed in 1999 by Jack Kevorkian).
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the right to die.
 It ruled 9-0 that a New York ban on physician-assisted suicide was constitutional, and preventing doctors from assisting their patients, even those terminally ill and/or in great pain, was a legitimate state interest that was well within the authority of the state to regulate.
 In brief, this decision established that, as a matter of law, there was no constitutional guarantee of a "right to die."
Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian ( ; May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent.
 He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end.
 He was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death"; however, many consider him a hero, as he helped set the platform for reform.
 He famously said, "Dying is not a crime".
California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 which allows terminally ill adults resident in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met.
 The law was signed in by California governor Jerry Brown in October 2015, making California the fifth state to allow physicians to prescribe drugs to end the life of a terminally ill patient, often referred to as physician-assisted suicide.
Three citizen-initiated measures were voted upon in the 2012 Massachusetts general election: a Right to Repair initiave, a proposal to allow physician-assisted suicide, and a measure to legalize medical marijuana.
 The Right to Repair initiative, which was to require open access to vehicle diagnostic and repair information, passed overwhelmingly, with 86% support.
 The measure to allow physician-assisted suicide failed by a narrow margin, with 51% opposed.
 The proposal to legalize medical marijuana passed with 63% of voter support.
Act 39 of 2013 established the U.S. state of Vermont's Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act (Vermont Statutes Annotated Sec. 1.
 18 V.S.A. chapter 113), which legalizes medical aid in dying (commonly referred to as physician-assisted suicide) with certain restrictions.
 Vermont was the first state to enact this Law through legislative action; it permits some terminally ill patients to determine the time of their own death.
Euthanasia in the Netherlands is regulated by the "Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act" from 2002.
 It states that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not punishable if the attending physician acts in accordance with criteria of due care.
 These criteria concern the patient's request, the patient's suffering (unbearable and hopeless), the information provided to the patient, the absence of reasonable alternatives, consultation of another physician and the applied method of ending life.
 To demonstrate their compliance, the Act requires physicians to report euthanasia to a review committee.
Christy Canyon (born June 17, 1966) is a retired pornographic actress and American radio personality.
 She is an inductee of the AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame.
The 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan.
 Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee Geoffrey Fieger, a lawyer who had represented the assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian.
Assisted suicide is defined as suicide committed with the aid of another person, sometimes a doctor.
 It applies outside of the medical context as well, assisting a suicidal individual achieve their own death by providing a weapon or other means.
 “Assisted suicide” has been used to describe medical aid in dying in the United States for terminally ill, mentally capable adults who self-administer medication to shorten their own dying process.
 The term is often used interchangeably with physician-assisted suicide (PAS), "physician-assisted dying", "physician-assisted death", "aid in dying", "death with dignity", "right to die", "compassionate death", "compassionate dying", "end-of-life choice", and "medical assistance at the end of life".

Question: Question: Which of the following is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide: Christy Canyon or Jack Kevorkian? 

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 Maurice Généreux is a Canadian physician who was convicted in 1998 of prescribing medications to two HIV positive men in Toronto, Canada in 1996; medications that subsequently allowed the men, Mark Jewitt and Aaron Mcginn, to commit suicide in 1996.
 Généreux was the first doctor in North America to be convicted of assisting a suicide (followed in 1999 by Jack Kevorkian). 

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 Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the right to die.
 It ruled 9-0 that a New York ban on physician-assisted suicide was constitutional, and preventing doctors from assisting their patients, even those terminally ill and/or in great pain, was a legitimate state interest that was well within the authority of the state to regulate.
 In brief, this decision established that, as a matter of law, there was no constitutional guarantee of a "right to die." 

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 Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian ( ; May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent.
 He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end.
 He was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death"; however, many consider him a hero, as he helped set the platform for reform.
 He famously said, "Dying is not a crime". 

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 California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 which allows terminally ill adults resident in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met.
 The law was signed in by California governor Jerry Brown in October 2015, making California the fifth state to allow physicians to prescribe drugs to end the life of a terminally ill patient, often referred to as physician-assisted suicide. 

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 Three citizen-initiated measures were voted upon in the 2012 Massachusetts general election: a Right to Repair initiave, a proposal to allow physician-assisted suicide, and a measure to legalize medical marijuana.
 The Right to Repair initiative, which was to require open access to vehicle diagnostic and repair information, passed overwhelmingly, with 86% support.
 The measure to allow physician-assisted suicide failed by a narrow margin, with 51% opposed.
 The proposal to legalize medical marijuana passed with 63% of voter support. 

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 Euthanasia in the Netherlands is regulated by the "Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act" from 2002.
 It states that euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not punishable if the attending physician acts in accordance with criteria of due care.
 These criteria concern the patient's request, the patient's suffering (unbearable and hopeless), the information provided to the patient, the absence of reasonable alternatives, consultation of another physician and the applied method of ending life.
 To demonstrate their compliance, the Act requires physicians to report euthanasia to a review committee. 

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 Christy Canyon (born June 17, 1966) is a retired pornographic actress and American radio personality.
 She is an inductee of the AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame. 

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 The 1998 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan.
 Incumbent Governor John Engler, a member of the Republican Party, was re-elected over Democratic Party nominee Geoffrey Fieger, a lawyer who had represented the assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. 

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Answer: Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian