State Laws on Euthanasia

34 states have statues explicitly criminalizing Euthanasia. Those states are

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Euthanasia is currently legal in some states. These three states are Oregon, Washington, and Montana. Oregon was the first state in the world to pass any act that went into effect with the law involving this issue. In 1994 the ballot measure 16 established the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. This act legalized physician assisted dying with certain restrictions. In 2008 the state of Washington voted in favor of 1000 which made Euthanasia legal in the state with the Washington Death with Dignity Act. On December 5, 2008 in Montana the state ruled terminally ill patient have the right to self-administer lethal doses of medication and  prescribed by a physician. Physicians who prescribe medications will not face a legal punishment.

There are states that have abolished common law crimes and do not have statues criminalizing Euthanasia; those states are North Carolina, Wyoming, and Utah. Nine other states criminalize Euthanasia through common law and those states are Alabama, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, South Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia.