Devlin M M
Issues Law Med. 1996 Spring;11(4):433-5.
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, Measure 16, which legalizes physician-assisted suicide for certain terminally ill persons, violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. Measure 16 fails to withstand even the lowest level of judicial scrutiny because the disparate treatment afforded the class of terminally ill persons does not further any legitimate state interest.
俄勒冈州的《尊严死亡法案》（第16号措施）将某些绝症患者的医生协助自杀合法化，违反了美国宪法第十四修正案的平等保护条款。第16号措施甚至无法经受住最低程度的司法审查，因为给予绝症患者这一群体的差别待遇并未促进任何合法的州利益。
