This legislation came about due to the efforts of a group that strongly opposed euthanasia.
Black Americans are almost 3 times more likely to oppose euthanasia than white Americans.
Black Americans without a four-year degree are twice as likely to oppose euthanasia than those with at least that much education.
He opposed euthanasia, calling suffering "the discipline of humanity".
But he has opposed human experimentation, human cloning and euthanasia.
Debbie, who would swat no living thing, and who believed that nature must run its course, opposed euthanasia.
It opposes abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, and any other taking of human life.
He said that in his own experience, "those with pain are more likely than others to oppose physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia."