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In this ongoing case, the advocacy group Compassion & Choices is seeking to have the New York's courts recognize a right to physician-assisted death.

The U.S. Supreme Court recognized the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment under the Due Process Clause.

The U.S. Supreme Court held that a right to assisted suicide is not protected under the Due Process Clause.

First state law to legalize physician-assisted suicide, outlining strict procedures to be followed by both patients and physicians.

A case where the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exclusion of jurors with conscientious objections to the death penalty does not violate the Sixth Amendment’s fair-cross-section requirement.

A federal law requiring that hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers inform patients of their rights to execute advance directives and accept or refuse medical treatment.

A medical condition often central to right-to-die legal cases, where a patient loses cognitive neurological function and awareness of the environment but retains non-cognitive function and a non-brain death form of being.

The Montana Supreme Court ruling that state law does not prohibit physician-assisted suicide, effectively allowing the practice under certain circumstances.

Legal documents that allow individuals to convey their decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time, providing a way to communicate their wishes if they become incapacitated.

A New Jersey Supreme Court case from 1976 that granted the guardian the right to remove life-support systems on behalf of Karen Ann Quinlan, who was in a persistent vegetative state.

California law allowing terminally ill adults to request and receive a prescription for life-ending medication, subject to certain conditions.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York state's ban on physician-assisted suicide, finding no discrimination against terminally ill patients.

A term referring to the help provided to a dying person to ease their death, which may include withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments, or providing lethal substances under certain circumstances.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, stating that the Federal Controlled Substances Act does not override it.