Constitutional Challenge to Georgia's Assisted Suicide Law

Susan Caldwell, a 43-year-old with Huntington's disease has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Georgia's assisted suicide law is vague and unconstitutional. She contends it violates her free speech rights because it blocks her from seeking the advice of right-to-die group FINAL EXIT NETWORK.  Caldwell's lawsuit claims that Georgia aw violates her free speech rights because instead of criminalizing suicide or assisted suicide, it outlaws people from publicly speaking about assisted suicide and then participating in the death. That means people who only hold the hand of a terminally ill person as they end their life could be prosecuted.  (Star-Tribune)  I have posted a copy of the Complaint here.