{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, § 12","heading":"Suicide or mercy killing","body":"Section 12. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end one's own life other than to permit the natural process of dying.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 201D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter201D/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"934802789e0ba9eab3f9d1d8b7b1be5ecf71bb75a4fcb954acf05d00a3349119","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-201d-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}