Katherine MORRIS, M.D., Aroop Mangalik, M.D., and Aja Riggs, Plaintiffs-Petitioners,
v.
Kari BRANDENBURG, in her official capacity as District Attorney for Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and Gary King, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, Defendants-Respondents.
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Fuqua Law & Policy, P.C., Scott Fuqua , Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents.
Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Emil J. Kiehne , Albuquerque, NM, Alliance Defending Freedom, Catherine Glenn Foster , Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae New Mexico State Senators Mark Moores, Steven P. Neville, et al.
Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu, LLP, Carolyn M. "Cammie" Nichols , Albuquerque, NM, Compassion & Choices, Kevin Diaz , Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae Compassion & Choices.
Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Lara Katz , Santa Fe, NM, Stephen F. Gold , Philadelphia, PA, for Amici Curiae Not Dead Yet, et al.
Coberly & Martinez, LLLP, Kristina Martinez , Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae The ALS Association New Mexico Chapter.
Robert Schwartz , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Psychological Association.
Stelzner, Winter, Warburton, Flores, Sanchez & Dawes, P.A., Juan L. Flores , Jaime L. Dawes , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Archbishop John Charles Wester of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, et al.
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Since at least 1963 it has been a crime in New Mexico to deliberately aid another in the taking of his or her own life. See NMSA 1978, § 30-2-4 (1963). Yet a physician who withdraws life-sustaining treatment from a patient, at the patient's direction, and in compliance with the...
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