Massachusetts

Massachusetts judge ordered forced abortion and sterilization of mentally ill woman

Michael Cook | 21 January 2012

It is difficult to imagine a case better scripted for a discussion of informed consent than Mary Moe’s Massachusetts abortion.

Massachusetts Medical Society reasserts opposition to physician-assisted suicide

Jared Yee | 10 December 2011

The 23,000 members of the Massachusetts Medical Society have voted against physician-assisted suicide. Its House of Delegates voted by a large majority for maintaining a policy the Society has had since 1996.