how many states allow assisted suicide
NINE states criminalize assisted suicide through common law: Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia. THREE states have abolished the common law of crimes and do not have statutes criminalizing assisted suicide :North Carolina, Utah, Wyoming. In Ohio, that state's supreme court ruled in October 1996 that assisted suicide is not a crime.In Virginia, there is no real clear case law on assisted suicide, nor is there is a statute criminalizing the act, although there is a statute which imposes civil sanctions on persons assisting in a suicide.Only the states of Oregon and Washington permit physician-assisted suicide.n Virginia, there is no real clear case law on assisted suicide, nor is there is a statute criminalizing the act, although there is a statute which imposes civil sanctions on persons assisting in a suicide.