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Gloria Taylor, right, is assisted by her sister Patty Ferguson outside the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., in this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo. Taylor, who suffered from ALS, was seeking the right to a doctor-assisted suicide. Though she died in 2012, appeals in her case will eventually be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. (Darryl Dyck, Associated Press file photo)
Gloria Taylor, right, is assisted by her sister Patty Ferguson outside the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, B.C., in this Dec. 1, 2011, file photo. Taylor, who suffered from ALS, was seeking the right to a doctor-assisted suicide. Though she died in 2012, appeals in her case will eventually be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. (Darryl Dyck, Associated Press file photo)
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In response to an written by Denver resident Charles Selsberg, state Rep. Louis Court, D-Denver, said she will consider writing that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.

Currently, five states allow terminally ill patients the right to receive assistance in dying.

Colorado legislators rejected the issue twice in the 1990s, but the issue has never come before Colorado voters.

What do you think? Should Colorado enact a “right to die” law? Vote in our poll at right.

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