The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is appealing the decision by Albuquerque Judge Nan Nash that bars prosecution of physicians for aiding terminally ill patients with assisted suicide. Attorney General King says that one of the problems with Judge Nash’s Jan. 13th ruling is that it doesn’t set a statewide precedent on the issue. King told the Albuquerque Journal, “We feel, win or lose, we need some decision by the state Supreme Court, or at least the appeals court, that will apply across the state.”
Judge Nash ruled that New Mexico’s Assisted Suicide statute, which prohibits assisted suicide, violates citizens constitutional rights.
