In 2016, 16 state legislatures, including Utah's, have addressed or will consider legalizing medically assisted suicide, according to the Death with Dignity National Center. The practice is legal in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana and Vermont.
As faith leaders lend their voices to these legislative debates, they also explore and express how morality informs end-of-life care. Arguments for and against medically assisted suicide no longer center just on the ethics of suicide, but, instead, on how much pain a patient should be expected to endure before they look for a way out and how far God's love reaches into the midst of suffering.
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