| 单词 | assisted suicide |
| 例句 | Mr. Pratchett, who had a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, had earned wide respect in Britain and beyond with his dignified campaign for the right of critically ill patients to choose assisted suicide. Terry Pratchett, author of ‘Discworld’ fantasy series, dies at 66 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The number of foreigners traveling to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide doubled over a four-year period, a study published in the Journal of Medical Ethics said on Thursday. Foreign assisted suicide cases in Switzerland double in four years 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The government’s assisted suicide program seems like an over-advertised nuisance to Michi, until she loses her job and finds a friend slumped over dead. ‘Plan 75’ Review: Leaving Early 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z His longtime legal adviser, Patrick Jeanneret, said Mr. Godard died by assisted suicide, having suffered from “multiple disabling pathologies.” Jean-Luc Godard, Daring Director Who Shaped the French New Wave, Dies at 91 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z On Sept. 21, word began circulating that he was dead, apparently from an assisted suicide in Switzerland. Anton Fier, Drummer Who Helped Shape a Downtown Scene, Dies at 66 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In 2011, voters in the canton of Zurich rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide and "suicide tourism". Foreign assisted suicide cases in Switzerland double in four years 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Pratchett, who suffered from a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, earned wide respect throughout Britain with his dignified campaign for the right of critically ill patients to choose assisted suicide. Terry Pratchett dead at 66; fantasy author wrote more than 70 books 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Three European courts stepped carefully around delicate end-of-life issues on Wednesday, with one rejecting assisted suicide, another delaying it and a third acquitting a doctor from charges he murdered dying patients. Three European courts grapple with end-of-life dilemmas 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In Europe, Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands and Switzerland allow assisted suicide, and opinion polls show broad support in several other countries. Three European courts grapple with end-of-life dilemmas 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He said assisted suicide should be decriminalized and that suicide panels should be set up to judge cases, and offered his own case as an example. Terry Pratchett, author of ‘Discworld’ fantasy series, dies at 66 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and one county in New Mexico where right-to-die is the law, assisted suicide is outlawed. Choosing Death: Aid In Dying Gains Support 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Choosing to Die saw Sir Terry travel to a Swiss clinic as part of an in-depth look at the assisted suicide procedure. Brits win at International Emmys 2012-11-20T12:32:28Z Elf wants Yoli to take her to Switzerland, so she can legally pursue assisted suicide. ‘All My Puny Sorrows’ Review: Every Day, a Little Death 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Stephen Hawking has said he would consider assisted suicide, especially if he felt as though he’d become a “burden” to his loved ones. Stephen Hawking Says He Would Consider Assisted Suicide 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Packing the back of his Volkswagen van with the bottles, tubes and metal rods that make up what he calls “the mercitron,” to administer his first assisted suicide, Dr. Kevorkian is buoyant. | 'You Don?t Know Jack': ?You Don?t Know Jack,? With Al Pacino, on HBO 2010-04-22T19:28:00Z He added: “I would consider assisted suicide only if I were in great pain or felt I had nothing more to contribute but was just a burden to those around me.” Stephen Hawking Says He Would Consider Assisted Suicide 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “Control and choice in end-of-life decisions are going to be put under an incredible microscope,” said Mr. Richardson, who was careful to include in his film the viewpoints of doctors opposed to assisted suicide. Unflinching End-of-Life Moments 2011-01-24T22:53:04Z The selected documentaries tackle serious subjects — environmental radicalism, assisted suicide — but also show a lighthearted side. Conspicuously Sparse in Sundance Competition Lineup: Movie Stars 2010-12-01T22:41:00Z My bad days are when I understand why people support assisted suicide. Losing her mind and watching it go: the slow suffering of Lewy body disease 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Pratchett became a campaigner for assisted suicide in 2009 , the same year in which he was awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Obituary: Sir Terry Pratchett 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It's also a clear-eyed debate about assisted suicide, a movement that is gaining steam thanks to the "right-to-death" campaign of cancer victim Brittany Maynard. A' life-affirming romp through death in 'All My Puny Sorrows' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z He also accused the government of "turning its back" on the issue of assisted suicide. Author unswayed by 'suicide film' 2011-06-14T10:22:21Z A Doctor With a Prescription for Headlines When it comes to assisted suicide, it is possible to love the sin and hate the sinner. | 'You Don?t Know Jack': ?You Don?t Know Jack,? With Al Pacino, on HBO 2010-04-22T19:28:00Z Mr. Pratchett didn’t shy away from the emotional public debate about assisted suicide. Terry Pratchett, author of ‘Discworld’ fantasy series, dies at 66 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her final subject, death, brings her to a doctor who creates technologies for assisted suicide, and his network of salespeople and acolytes. Two Books Wonder: How Long Until You Fall in Love With a Robot? 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Hiding within “Mary Kills People,” debuting Sunday at 10 p.m. on Lifetime, is a compassionate, oddly accessible and, dare I say, lively examination of assisted suicide. “Mary Kills People”: An agile drama about the risky business of delivering a good death 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The pain became so excruciating that Freud died, right there in his study, of assisted suicide: a morphine injection ended his life — three weeks before the outbreak of World War II. Reflecting on Sigmund Freud 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z "There are states with laws about assisted suicide for cancer or something that's imminent, but with Alzheimer's it's not so clear." Julianne Moore brings affecting realism to 'Still Alice' role 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Otherwise, who would willingly tune in to a scripted show about assisted suicide? “Mary Kills People”: An agile drama about the risky business of delivering a good death 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Gurwitch recounts a hilariously awful night, helping with the assisted suicide of a terminally ill friend. Books Of Style: Annabelle Gurwitch’s New Book Asks Questions About Aging 2014-03-21T21:06:42Z Will plans to end his life through assisted suicide. Let the Beautiful Sick Girl genre die: Why “Everything Everything” should be the end of a tired trope 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z His anger is chilling, as when he hangs up on Janet Good after she has second thoughts about letting him use her house for his first assisted suicide. | 'You Don?t Know Jack': ?You Don?t Know Jack,? With Al Pacino, on HBO 2010-04-22T19:28:00Z It followed that suicide and properly controlled assisted suicide should be brought within the law. Bernard Shaw and his lethally absurd doctor's dilemma 2012-07-13T21:54:04Z Noah's paranoid guilt is crippling because he knows the assisted suicide wasn't to free his mother but to liberate himself. ‘The Affair,’ Season 3, Episode 5: Back to Block Island 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “The Shadow of a Doubt” reveals that Wharton had been thinking for some time prior about the ethics and morality of assisted suicide. A Lost Edith Wharton Play Emerges from Scholarly Sleuthing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Apart from places such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, few countries in the world explicitly permit euthanasia or assisted suicide - sometimes known as mercy killings. France reopens euthanasia debate with right-to-die ruling 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The campaign group Care Not Killing, which opposes assisted suicide, said it was "bizarre and highly irresponsible" for the BBC to broadcast Gosling's comments shortly before Starmer is due to publish his guidelines. 2010-02-16T10:47:00Z Despite repeated challenges in the courts, assisted suicide is illegal in Britain and carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. 2010-02-16T10:47:00Z Faced with his imminent and unavoidable fate, Hung wanted to bring a measure of control and dignity to his death, a plan thwarted by what he called Canada’s “unjust law” against assisted suicide. We have to fight for the right to die 2014-03-19T18:22:00Z In America, where religion and politics are frequently inseparable, the issue of assisted suicide has proved hugely divisive. TV highlights 13/06/2013 2013-06-13T05:59:01Z Even Margo is shocked by how makeshift and crude the process is, exclaiming after the first assisted suicide in his van, “I guess somehow I just thought the whole thing would be nicer.” | 'You Don?t Know Jack': ?You Don?t Know Jack,? With Al Pacino, on HBO 2010-04-22T19:28:00Z Discussing once-taboo topics like this one fed demands to legalize assisted suicide for the elderly and the infirm. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The Vatican called assisted suicide “an absurdity” after Brittany Maynard chose to end her own life rather than succumb painfully to brain cancer. In These Novels, Women With Cancer Decide to Ditch the People-Pleasing 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z As commissioning editor for documentaries, her many commissions include The Great British Bake Off, The Choir, Welcome to Lagos and a programme about assisted suicide featuring author Sir Terry Pratchett. Moore appointed BBC One controller 2013-06-26T08:10:51Z Dozens of terminally ill Britons have gone to die in a Swiss clinic, where assisted suicide is legal and family or friends who help them to die will not be prosecuted. 2010-02-16T10:47:00Z No – he had to go and try to make his wife a partner in an assisted suicide. 'Homeland' Recap: Oh Quinn, I'm Sorry I Doubted You 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Charlie Russell, who made several documentaries about Sir Terry, including one on assisted suicide called Choosing to Die, said he was a "lovely man". Tributes paid to author Pratchett 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z I even appreciate the phrase he uses instead of assisted suicide; he prefers “deliberate life completion.” I’m Dying Up Here: Books on How to Grieve and How to Die 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z "With Way To Go, assisted suicide is portrayed with great warmth and care and sensitivity, but it's not the main focus of the show." Is assisted suicide appropriate for a sitcom? 2013-01-16T08:17:45Z The organization helped 459 people in German-speaking Switzerland die by assisted suicide last year, 100 more than in the previous year. Growing numbers sign up to Swiss right-to-die society 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The film ends with Lou inheriting Will’s wealth after his assisted suicide. Me Before You director defends film against disability campaigners 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Sookie heads to church to talk to the preacher about his thoughts on assisted suicide and whether God made them all — shapeshifters, vampires, mind reading fairies — or if some of them are just mistakes. RECAP: True Blood Series Finale: All's Well That Ends 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Bloom discusses it all, from the heartbreak of his illness to the barriers to assisted suicide in the U.S. to their discovery of Dignitas, an organization in Switzerland that helped Brian carry out his wishes. 14 New Books Coming in March 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Doerries has also brought Sophocles' depiction of Heracles' death — he wanted his son to kill him to end his suffering — to evoke discussion of medical compassion and assisted suicide at Harvard Medical School. 'Theater of War' evokes eternal truths of battlefield in reading by David Strathairn, Alfred Molina and Heather Goldenhersh 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Richardson’s unflinching look at one family’s decision and the contentious Oregon law that allows physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill comes as the debate over assisted suicide is set for another round. Unflinching End-of-Life Moments 2011-01-24T22:53:04Z An 86-year-old woman who starved herself to death said before she died that she had “no alternative” given the UK’s laws against assisted suicide. Right to die campaigner who starved herself said she had ‘no alternative’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Wharton would return to the theme of what would now be called assisted suicide in her “The Fruit of the Tree,” the novel she published in 1907. A Lost Edith Wharton Play Emerges from Scholarly Sleuthing 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Her study involves the assisted suicide of its participants, who can now look forward to an afterlife. ‘Next Exit’ Review: End of the Road 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In the show’s first assisted suicide, they smash the egg all over the front walk while bidding Shelly farewell. The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood 2012-05-29T12:00:44Z Apart from places such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, few countries in the world explicitly permit euthanasia or assisted suicide. Europe court tells France to suspend right-to-die ruling 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “The Farewell Party,” an Israeli comedy about euthanasia, steers a careful course between humor and pathos while playing down overtly political and religious arguments for and against assisted suicide. Review: ‘The Farewell Party’ Finds Laughs in Euthanasia 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Leith opened up about what it was like updating her memoir for an American audience, in which she details her affair with her first husband and advocacy for assisted suicide. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Even while rejecting appeals to allow assisted suicide, the British judgment reflected a trend toward possibly accepting it that encouraged groups campaigning for its legalization. Three European courts grapple with end-of-life dilemmas 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Moved by a terminally ill neighbour's request to die, and faced with paying off his brother's gambling debts, Scott and the recently unemployed Cozzo, illegally buy an assisted suicide machine. Is assisted suicide appropriate for a sitcom? 2013-01-16T08:17:45Z Yes, I know there’s a law in California, as in most of the country, against assisted suicide. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z Am I a hardhearted meanie because I watched “Lullaby,” a solemn, triple-hankie sobfest about assisted suicide, in a state of dry-eyed impatience? ‘Lullaby’ Features Richard Jenkins and Amy Adams 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He will ask a close friend to reveal any sign of dementia, then he will inform his family of his intentions, sort out his affairs and arrange an assisted suicide. Melvyn Bragg 2013-05-11T06:30:13Z The only person involved in the making of “Youth in Oregon” — a gratingly awful family drama about assisted suicide — who seems to grasp the movie’s thematic potential is its cinematographer, Ross Riege. Review: ‘Youth in Oregon’ Takes a Family on a Contentious Ride 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The guide also spells out examples on what it means to uphold human dignity, including rejecting gender transitions, racism, assisted suicide, euthanasia, the death penalty and an economy of exclusion that harms people. Ousted Texas bishop rallies outside US bishops meeting as his peers reinforce Catholic voter values 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z In July, lawmakers failed to agree on new rules regulating assisted suicide after the country’s highest court struck down legislation which banned the practice when conducted on a “business” basis. German federal court denies 2 seriously ill men direct access to lethal drug dose 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z In France, 170 citizens were brought together to consider the laws on assisted suicide. Would you do jury duty in the House of Lords? 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Listing euthanasia as a “social evil,” he criticized supporters of assisted suicide as providing “false pretenses of a supposedly dignified and ‘sweet’ death that is more ‘salty’ than the waters of the sea.” Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z That includes the members of Final Exit, an assisted suicide group that was indicted for providing advice and being present at the death of a Georgia man who took his own life. RICO charge put Trump in the company of Mafia bosses, Hells Angels and Young Thug 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z David Hunter was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Janice, 74, in an assisted suicide at their home in 2021 and jailed for two years. David Hunter: Husband visits wife's Cyprus grave day after release 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z But Dying With Dignity Canada is independent of the country’s government, and minors do not currently qualify for MAID, a process that allows Canadians to end their lives via euthanasia or assisted suicide. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The retired miner from Ashington, Northumberland, maintained her death was assisted suicide and his wife, who had blood cancer, had begged him to end her misery. David Hunter guilty of seriously ill wife's manslaughter in Cyprus 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The 2015 legislation that was struck down by the constitutional court allowed assisted suicide for “altruistic motives” but prohibited offering it to someone else “on business terms.” German lawmakers fail to agree on new rules regulating assisted suicide 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Final Exit defendants had argued that Georgia’s assisted suicide law violated their First Amendment free speech rights, and the state’s top court agreed. RICO charge put Trump in the company of Mafia bosses, Hells Angels and Young Thug 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr Hunter maintained it was assisted suicide because his wife had blood cancer and begged him to end her life. David Hunter: Final arguments in British man's Cyprus murder trial 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Retired Northumberland miner David Hunter, 75, admitted suffocating his wife but said it was assisted suicide. David Hunter trial: Murder accused cared for wife 'very well' 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The state of California will not require doctors who object to assisted suicide to provide life-ending medications to patients or refer such patients to other health providers, a federal judge ordered Wednesday. California can’t force objecting doctors to help patients seeking assisted suicide, judge rules 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Lawyers for her 75-year-old husband David, a retired Northumberland miner, say her death was assisted suicide. David Hunter trial: Murder-accused pensioner says wife begged to die 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z A woman whose husband has said her death was assisted suicide might not have had a terminal illness, a court in Cyprus has heard. Cyprus murder trial: Killed wife 'might not have been terminally ill' 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z His legal team say Mrs Hunter begged him to end her life and have argued that his actions amounted to assisted suicide. David Hunter: Final arguments in British man's Cyprus murder trial 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It is against the law in Canada for someone to recommend suicide, although assisted suicide has been legal since 2016 for people aged at least 18. Canadian man charged with counseling suicides; police warn of packages shipped to 40 countries 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Theriot said the nonprofit legal organization is “looking at some potential lawsuits that in states that allow assisted suicide right now,” and “will likely be filing one in the coming days.” California can’t force objecting doctors to help patients seeking assisted suicide, judge rules 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Vermont is one of 10 states that allow medically assisted suicide. Vermont allows nonresidents to use its assisted suicide law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Among the biggest complaints: The rule would delay or block access for patients who seek medically assisted suicide and hospice care, critics said. Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Lawyers for the 75-year-old retired Northumberland miner say Mrs Hunter's death was assisted suicide. David Hunter murder trial: Accused 'didn't share plans to kill wife' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It offers different options involving legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia. France’s Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Macron did not say whether he wanted euthanasia or assisted suicide to be allowed in France or if the bill would include either or both. Macron says France will prepare 'end of life' bill this year 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Critics of such laws say without the residency requirements states risk becoming assisted suicide tourism destinations. Vermont allows nonresidents to use its assisted suicide law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z In March, Bluestein, who has terminal fallopian tube cancer, reached a settlement with the state of Vermont that will allow her to be the first non-resident to use its medically assisted suicide law. Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z His legal team say she begged him to end her life and have argued it was assisted suicide. David Hunter murder trial: Accused 'didn't share plans to kill wife' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Medically assisted suicide involves patients taking, of their own free will, a lethal drink or medication that has been prescribed by a doctor to those who meet certain criteria. France’s Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Spain, and last year an Italian man, paralysed 12 years earlier in a traffic accident, died in Italy's first case of assisted suicide. Macron says France will prepare 'end of life' bill this year 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it to end their lives. Vermont allows nonresidents to use its assisted suicide law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Shavelson and his colleagues called for an exception to the rule for the hundreds of patients a year who qualify for medically assisted suicide. Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers have called Janice Hunter’s death a matter of euthanasia or assisted suicide, and argued for a sentence that doesn’t include prison time. Cyprus court: Briton freely confessed to wife’s killing 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z A 2016 French law provides that doctors can keep terminally ill patients sedated before death but stops short of allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia. France’s Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Although proponents of the Vermont legislation are optimistic it will pass, medically assisted suicide does have its opponents. Conn. woman 1st non-Vermonter granted assisted suicide right 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In Montana, a legislator compared parents supporting their children in finding treatment to asking doctors to carry out medically assisted suicide. Trans people face ‘horrifying’ rhetoric at statehouses 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z During the pandemic, prescriptions for medically assisted suicide went up, in some cases significantly. Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z In several countries, including Canada and Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal. Legalized suicide in America? A dicey proposition 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z If assisted-suicide laws are, as proponents say, about self-determination in rare and terminal cases and are not an avenue for expansion into euthanasia for nonterminal disabled people, why campaign the Alzheimer’s Association about assisted suicide? Opinion | Virginia’s lawmakers were right to reject assisted suicide 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Eight states, including California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., also have medically assisted suicide laws. Vermont advances nonresident medically assisted suicide bill 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The archbishop also appeared critical of movements towards greater bodily autonomy and assisted suicide, saying "we've replaced morality and Christian faith with personal control over our bodies". Same-sex marriage: 'MPs tried to force church on issue,' says archbishop 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Oregon is allowing terminally ill patients from across the country to travel to the Beaver State for their assisted suicide procedure after the state relaxed its residency requirement last year, according to a report. Oregon a magnet for assisted suicide after loosening residency rules: Report 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z In deep-blue Maryland next month, protesters hope to slow lawmakers from amending the state constitution to recognize rights to assisted suicide and abortion in all nine months of pregnancy. Pro-lifers push for total abortion ban in state protests 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z In 2015, the country's Supreme Court ruled that banning assisted suicide deprived Canadians of their dignity and autonomy. Who can die? Canada wrestles with euthanasia for the mentally ill 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Mary Hahn Beerworth, executive director of the Vermont Right to Life Committee, said assisted suicide “was and remains a matter of contention.” Vermont advances nonresident medically assisted suicide bill 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z He said his predecessor had "spoken strongly in favour of assisted suicide in the Houses of Parliament - in the House of Lords". Same-sex marriage: 'MPs tried to force church on issue,' says archbishop 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Oregon isn’t the only state relaxing its requirements for assisted suicide. Oregon a magnet for assisted suicide after loosening residency rules: Report 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Legislative measures to legalize medically assisted suicide have failed in recent years. Massachusetts court rules against medically assisted death 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Opinion polls indicate Canadians broadly support access to at least some form of assisted suicide. Who can die? Canada wrestles with euthanasia for the mentally ill 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z David Englander, the state Health Department’s senior policy and legal advisor, said no complaints have been reported to the department or the attorney general’s office regarding the use of medically assisted suicide. Vermont advances nonresident medically assisted suicide bill 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Glucksberg case, which denied a “right” to assisted suicide, forced this man to starve when he might have otherwise died by assisted suicide. Opinion | Laws against assisted suicide are meant to protect the vulnerable 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “However, this right to self-determination does not go so far that there is also a right to obtain assisted suicide.” Dutch court rejects challenge to assisted suicide ban 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Opinion polls point to roughly half of voters in this overwhelmingly Catholic country being in favour of allowing medically assisted suicide, which the Church strongly opposes. Portugal euthanasia: New legislation expected to approve assisted suicide 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z His legal team argued it was an assisted suicide rather than murder. Janice Hunter case: Cyprus murder-accused husband will face lesser charge 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z At the time, advocates said they would use the settlement to press the other states and Washington, D.C. that have medically assisted suicide laws, to drop their residency requirements as well. Vermont advances nonresident medically assisted suicide bill 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The latest figures from prosecutors suggested just four cases of assisted suicide have been prosecuted in the UK, with the majority of cases not leading to charges. Assisted dying: 'I was arrested for taking someone to Dignitas' 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But it noted that the conditions that must be met for a physician to perform euthanasia mean “that not everyone who considers their life complete will be able to receive assisted suicide.” Dutch court rejects challenge to assisted suicide ban 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Portugal's parliament is expected to approve legislation on Friday that will allow medically assisted suicide in certain limited circumstances. Portugal euthanasia: New legislation expected to approve assisted suicide 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr Hunter's lawyers initially requested a charge of assisted suicide - saying his wife was terminally ill and he had also tried to take his own life - but that call was rejected. Janice Hunter case: Cyprus murder-accused husband will face lesser charge 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In August of last year, a Connecticut woman with cancer sued Vermont for allowing only its own residents to take advantage of a state’s assisted suicide law. Vermont advances nonresident medically assisted suicide bill 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z She has signed a series of gun-control measures, legalized medically assisted suicide and instituted rules aimed at curbing oilfield pollution. New Mexico votes for governor on concerns of crime, abortion 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “However, the state is not obliged — and that is what this is all about — to facilitate assisted suicide, let alone allow it under all circumstances,” government lawyer Erik Koppe told a three-judge panel. Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Proposals to allow medically assisted suicide were first approved in 2020, prompting international headlines about how Portugal was set to become only Europe's fourth country to allow euthanasia, as it is commonly known. Portugal euthanasia: New legislation expected to approve assisted suicide 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Prosecutions for assisted suicide are rare in the Netherlands. Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z He also pointed to Ohio laws beyond abortion that limit citizens’ autonomy, such as the state’s ban on assisted suicide. Judge hears arguments in challenge to Ohio abortion law 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z CALGARY, Alberta — The first time Cheryl Romaire tried to end her life under Canada’s assisted suicide law, her application was rejected. Is Choosing Death Too Easy in Canada? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z His longtime legal adviser, Patrick Jeanneret, said Godard died by assisted suicide, having suffered from “multiple disabling pathologies.” This week’s passages 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z He died in Switzerland by assisted suicide at 91. Your Wednesday Briefing: Putin and Xi Prepare to Meet 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Prosecutors last year charged the cooperative’s chairman, Jos van Wijk, on suspicion of “participation in a criminal organization whose object is to commit and/or plan the crime of assisted suicide.” Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Macron’s announcement came the day the family of French director Jean-Luc Godard said he died by assisted suicide at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle. France to open debate on legalizing assisted suicide 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Some say that with the law’s expansions, Canada is turning assisted suicide into an almost routine medical option, instead of treating it as an extraordinary measure taken in limited situations. Is Choosing Death Too Easy in Canada? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z "Evidence from other countries shows that when assisted suicide or euthanasia are legalised, the safeguards promised are quickly removed and the law is extended to include more and more vulnerable people," he said. Could Scotland legalise assisted dying? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A federal district court in California has ruled that physicians who object to assisted suicide on religious or ethical grounds can’t be required to participate in the procedure. California blocked from forcing Christian doctors to assist suicides 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “However, the state is not obliged - and that is what this is all about - to facilitate assisted suicide, let alone allow it under all circumstances,” government lawyer Erik Koppe told a three-judge panel. Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z A 2016 French law provides that doctors can keep terminally ill patients sedated before death but stops short of allowing assisted suicide. France to open debate on legalizing assisted suicide 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Experts said there were often disagreements within families when someone chooses assisted suicide. Is Choosing Death Too Easy in Canada? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z "As a result, my children died in dignity and I do not accept that the option of assisted suicide is necessary to ensure dignity in death." Could Scotland legalise assisted dying? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A Connecticut woman is suing Vermont over an assisted suicide law that allows physicians to prescribe lethal medication to patients with incurable illnesses expected to kill them within six months. Connecticut women challenge residency requirement for Vermont’s assisted suicide law 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “No right to die assisted by a third party or a public authority can be derived from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, or a right to assisted suicide,” Koppe said. Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The two women have been advocates on the issue in New York and Connecticut, which have no laws in place to allow for medically assisted suicide. Woman sues over residency requirement for assisted suicide 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Victims had argued that Sabau should not be helped to die before his trial, but two Spanish courts ruled that the accused’s right to seek assisted suicide prevailed. Victims irked as Spain lets gunman die before trial 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Many families now grapple with the issues of euthanasia and physician- assisted suicide. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z For Ms. Bluestein, the legal fight has become a race against the clock, wanting to avoid becoming severely ill and meeting the six months life expectancy requirement before she has access to assisted suicide. Connecticut women challenge residency requirement for Vermont’s assisted suicide law 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z He said he did not try to shoot Murdaugh in the assisted suicide attempt, saying instead the gun fired as he tried to wrestle it out of Murdaugh’s hands. Judge revokes bond for Alex Murdaugh associate Smith 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Other jurisdictions, including several U.S. states, permit assisted suicide, where patients take the lethal drug themselves. Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The countries that allow euthanasia and assisted suicide vary in how they administer and regulate the practices, but Canada has several policies that set it apart from others. Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Since then, Victoria became the first state to legalize assisted suicide in June 2019, and New South Wales in May this year became the last state to pass its own euthanasia laws. Australian Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The ERDs label abortions, euthanasia, assisted suicide and direct sterilization “intrinsically evil” and prohibit them at Catholic facilities. Column: How UC 'betrays' its doctors, students and patients on abortion 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Smith was ultimately charged with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several other counts. A timeline of events surrounding Alex Murdaugh’s charges 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Mark Fleischman, who owned legendary New York nightclub Studio 54 in the 1980s, has died by assisted suicide in Switzerland, his former business partner has said. Mark Fleischman: Ex-Studio 54 club owner dies by assisted suicide at Dignitas 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Other jurisdictions, including several U.S. states, permit assisted suicide — in which patients take the lethal drug themselves, typically in a drink prescribed by a doctor. Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Enacted in 2016, California’s End of Life Options Act legalized assisted suicide for adults diagnosed with a terminal illness. Christian doctors say California’s assisted suicide law violates their conscience 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z They label abortions, euthanasia, assisted suicide and direct sterilization “intrinsically evil” and prohibit them at Catholic facilities. Column: How UC 'betrays' its doctors, students and patients on abortion 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Gorsuch himself applied that principle in a book opposing assisted suicide. Anti-Roe justices a part of Catholicism’s conservative wing 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z An Italian court ruling has declared assisted suicide permissible in Italy under certain limited circumstances, but there is no legislation enshrining the practice, which for Mr. Carboni, led to delays. Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Canada’s road to allowing euthanasia began in 2015, when its highest court declared that outlawing assisted suicide deprived people of their dignity and autonomy. Experts see Canada’s euthanasia laws as threat to disabled 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z A group of Christian doctors has argued in federal court that California’s assisted suicide law violates their conscience by requiring them to help dying patients obtain lethal drugs. Christian doctors say California’s assisted suicide law violates their conscience 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z He said Cyprus’ Attorney General George Savvides rejected a defense request to reduce the charge to assisted suicide, which would likely keep Hunter out of jail, without providing any reasoning for his decision. Cyprus trial of UK man accused of murdering wife starts 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr Hunter's legal team said the death of his wife, who had blood cancer, was assisted suicide and his mental state had not been taken into account. Janice Hunter case: Murder accused's confession questionable - lawyer 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In a landmark ruling in 2019, Italy’s Constitutional Court said that assisted suicide could not be considered a crime as long as certain conditions were met. Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z A request by his lawyers for a charge of assisted suicide - saying she was terminally ill and he had also tried to take his own life - was rejected. Janice Hunter case: Cyprus murder-accused 'was devoted husband' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Colombia’s constitutional court backed medically assisted suicide in a decision this week, making it the first Latin American country to support death by suicide for those with serious or incurable illnesses. World Digest: May 12, 2022 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is considering an exception to the state’s ban on assisted suicide. Massachusetts’ top court hears case to legalize assisted suicide 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The new regulations, codified in California Senate Bill 380, now require physicians who have objections to assisted suicide to “document” a patient’s request before referring that patient to another physician. Christian doctors’ group: Cali. law an attempt to make morally-opposed physicians assist in suicides 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The court had been asked to rule on the indictment of Mr. Cappato, who, in 2017, had helped a blind and quadriplegic man on life support go to a Swiss clinic that provides assisted suicide. Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ms Cawthorne said she remained convinced her mother's death was assisted suicide, as "I talked to my dad and he told me repeatedly about the conversations he had with mum". Janice Hunter case: Cyprus murder-accused 'was devoted husband' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany and some U.S. states also allow medically assisted suicide. World Digest: May 12, 2022 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The two doctors are seeking to follow the example of the city of Washington and 10 states where assisted suicide is legal under similar frameworks. Massachusetts’ top court hears case to legalize assisted suicide 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Parliament is debating a law that would allow terminally ill patients to seek assisted suicide through the national health system and protect doctors from any legal suits against them. Italy's Constitutional Court blocks right-to-die referendum 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Even with that precedent, Mr. Carboni struggled to get access to physician assisted suicide. Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “If assisted suicide went through, we’d be providing more safeguards for criminals picked up on the street than we would for the terminally ill.” Yale Kamisar, legal scholar known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda warning, dies at 92 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z In 2019, Italy's Constitutional Court partially decriminalised assisted suicide under certain conditions if local health authorities and an ethics board approved. Pope condemns assisted suicide as Italian parliament mulls law 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “Major medical organizations like the American Medical Association oppose the practice of assisted suicide for good reason: turning doctors into killers is the opposite of a doctor’s role in medicine,” Ms. Buscher said. Massachusetts’ top court hears case to legalize assisted suicide 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z In 2019, the court partially decriminalised assisted suicide under certain conditions if local health authorities and an ethics board approved, but it also advised that parliament should pass a law regulating the practice. Italy's Constitutional Court blocks right-to-die referendum 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The Roman Catholic Church is firmly opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia, which it has called “intrinsically evil” acts “in every situation or circumstance.” Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Regarding George F. Will’s Jan. 23 op-ed about assisted suicide laws, “For the terminally ill, a dignified death”: Opinion | Medical aid in dying is really a discussion about disabilities 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The draft of the law that parliament was due to start discussing on Wednesday afternoon would allow terminally ill patients to seek assisted suicide through the national health system. Pope condemns assisted suicide as Italian parliament mulls law 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Compassion & Choices, which advocates for medical aid in dying, sensibly insists that this terminology, not “assisted suicide,” is proper. Opinion | Medical aid in dying should not be proscribed by society’s laws or condemned by its mores 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z A law allowing assisted suicide has taken effect in Austria. New law allowing assisted suicide takes effect Austria 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Cappato said that as it stood, the proposed law discriminated against terminal patients who did not comply with all four preconditions to assisted suicide, like cancer patients not on life support. Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z But ever the rebel, he came out in support of assisted suicide in 2014, stating that life should not be preserved "at any cost". Obituary: Desmond Tutu - South Africa's rebellious priest 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Proponents say assisted suicide should be allowed for patients with incurable illnesses, who suffer intolerable pain and who have already had palliative care. Pope condemns assisted suicide as Italian parliament mulls law 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But using the term “assisted suicide” to describe medical aid in dying is inaccurate and offensive to terminally ill individuals, who want to live but their disease is killing them. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What we left out of ‘Images of 2021’ 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z That attention came after a story about the first-of-its-kind device designed as a vehicle for assisted suicide led to a flurry of false information. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “To exclude such cases from assisted suicide means discriminating against one person out of three.” Man Paralyzed 12 Years Ago Becomes Italy’s First Assisted Suicide 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z A legal analysis commissioned by his nonprofit, Exit International, recently concluded that use of the pod will not violate Switzerland’s assisted suicide laws, he said. In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The company behind a 3D-printed pod which can help carry out assisted suicide has said it is confident it could be used in Switzerland as early as next year. Maker of suicide pod plans to sell it in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The friend, who was charged with assisted suicide, insurance fraud and several other counts, said he was trying to wrestle the gun away from a suicidal Murdaugh when it fired. Murdaugh killings in South Carolina unsolved 6 months later 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z There he learned that the most common reason people gave for seeking assisted suicide was loss of dignity. End-of-life conversations may be helpful to patients and families 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Physician assisted suicide - the prescription of lethal drugs - and voluntary euthanasia, where a person has their life ended by a registered medical practitioner, would become legal under the agreed proposals. Jersey approves principle of legalising assisted dying 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Even those who support assisted suicide say they have concerns. In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Both assisted suicide and euthanasia, in which a doctor ends the life of somebody who wants to die, are illegal in the UK. Maker of suicide pod plans to sell it in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Medically assisted suicide is when patients administer the lethal drug themselves, under medical supervision. Portugal’s parliament backs revised bill allowing euthanasia 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have accused a 28-year-old member of the cooperative of illegally dispensing medication and money laundering and expect to charge him with aiding assisted suicide, spokesman Bart Vaessen said. Dutch prosecutors investigate 33 deaths in 'suicide powder' case 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z "Seriously ill people should have access to assisted suicide," the federal chancellery said in the statement. Austrian government proposes law to legalise assisted suicide 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal in only a handful of countries. In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z "The aim of a compassionate society should be assisted living rather than an acceptance of assisted suicide," they added. Peers urged to reject bill to legalise assisted dying 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z No U.S. state permits euthanasia; 10 states and D.C. allow medically assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally capable adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live. She was ready to die. Now an 11th-hour decision by health officials has halted her euthanasia bid. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z No U.S. state permits euthanasia; 10 states and the District of Columbia allow medically assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally capable adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live. She’s 51, a mother and a devout Catholic. She plans to die by euthanasia on Sunday. 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The new law allows chronically or terminally ill adults to make provisions for an assisted suicide. Austrian government proposes law to legalise assisted suicide 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z In the United States, 10 states and the District of Columbia allow medically assisted suicide for terminally ill, mentally capable adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live, The Post reported. In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said in a statement that the man is suspected of “participation in a criminal organization whose object is to commit and/or plan the crime of assisted suicide.” Head of Dutch pro-assisted suicide group detained 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Her party had previously ruled out a coalition with the Christian Union because of their opposing stances on issues including euthanasia and assisted suicide. Going Dutch: Look out, German coalition talks could be long 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In medically assisted suicide, eligible patients can request and obtain medications from their physician to end their own lives. She’s 51, a mother and a devout Catholic. She plans to die by euthanasia on Sunday. 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The film, which closes with him undergoing an assisted suicide procedure, drew heavy criticism for implying that death is preferable to living with a disability and for choosing to exclude disabled actors from disabled roles. Sex Education: Isaac actor George Robinson gets intimate about disability 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z While countries like the Netherlands and Belgium permit assisted suicide for patients with unbearable physical or psychological suffering, Switzerland has no such requirements written into its law, according to the British Medical Association. In the works for years, a suicide machine will soon be tested in Switzerland 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Smith was charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. Alex Murdaugh waived handling of his son's estate days before botched suicide, fraud scheme, records show 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z He also tempered his support for allowing health care workers to exercise so-called “conscience rights” by refusing to participate in abortions, assisted suicide or other procedures on moral or religious grounds. To unseat Trudeau, Conservative leader seeks middle ground 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He is charged with several counts including assisted suicide and insurance fraud. Alex Murdaugh alleged shooter appears for South Carolina bond hearing over assisted suicide charges 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z New South Wales, the nation’s most populous state, is now the only state that doesn’t allow assisted suicide. Another Australian state legalizes voluntary euthanasia 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The shooter, a 61-year-old former client named Curtis Edward Smith, now faces a slew of criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, assault and battery, assisted suicide and possession of drugs. Alex Murdaugh: The hot shot US lawyer and the hit man 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “Many people requesting assisted suicide have changed their minds, some living decades beyond their prognosis,” Seyoum testified during the legislative hearing. California lawmakers vote to speed up state process for terminally ill to end their lives 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The ERDs, as they’re known, label abortions, euthanasia, assisted suicide and direct sterilization “intrinsically evil” and prohibit them at Catholic facilities. Column: UC Regents tighten their rules on deals with Catholic hospitals 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Opponents refer to the issue as "assisted suicide" and say it is open to abuse, coercion and exploitation as well as putting pressure on vulnerable people. Assisted dying bill to be lodged at Scottish Parliament 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z The Federal Parliament does not have the same power over the six states, and Victoria became the first to legalize assisted suicide in June 2019. Another Australian state legalizes voluntary euthanasia 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The ERDs, as they’re known, label abortions, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and direct sterilization “intrinsically evil” and prohibit them at Catholic facilities. Column: UC regents appear poised to surrender on Catholic healthcare restrictions 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr Lamb took on several legal challenges over the current law on assisted suicide, which he said breached his human rights. Paul Lamb: Assisted suicide campaigner dies aged 65 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z New Mexico is the second state after New Jersey with a third or more of its population identifying as Catholic to legalize medically assisted suicide. New Mexico latest state to adopt medically assisted suicide 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Though often — and, proponents say, unfortunately — described as “assisted suicide,” the laws hardly give carte blanche for doctors to give people medication that would end their lives quickly and painlessly. When Patients Choose to End Their Lives 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z A: There’s a huge difference between medical aid in dying and assisted suicide. Diane Rehm tackles ‘death with dignity’ again, this time in a new documentary 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z At least eight states allow medically assisted suicide. Nevada lawmakers sprint to meet bill deadline 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z In Switzerland and some U.S. states, medically assisted suicide — when patients self-administer lethal drugs under medical supervision — is permitted. World Digest: March 18, 2021 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The Spanish law permits two voluntary means of allowing a person to end their own life: euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spain passes law allowing euthanasia 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z In some U.S. states, medically assisted suicide — when patients self-administer lethal drugs under medical supervision — is permitted. Spain passes euthanasia law despite conservative opposition 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z In some U.S. states, medically assisted suicide - when patients self-administer lethal drugs under medical supervision - is permitted. Spain passes euthanasia law despite conservative opposition 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Once the new bill enters into force euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable or debilitating diseases that cause unbearable suffering, will be legal. Paralysed and in pain, Spaniard hails euthanasia law as an option 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Like abortion, assisted suicide is opposed by the Catholic church. New Mexico Senate passes medically assisted suicide bill 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In cases of assisted suicide, the act is undertaken by the person themselves with help. Spain passes law allowing euthanasia 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Hospitals operated by Seventh Day Adventists are also subject to that church’s religious strictures against abortion and assisted suicide. Column: UC faces more pressure to shun healthcare deals with Catholic hospitals, as it should 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Germany’s top court last year ruled in favour of groups that help people die, saying an existing law that bans assisted suicide services breached the constitution. German lawmakers propose new law on assisted suicide 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Groups that support legislation to legalize medically assisted suicide planned rallies in cities across the country to celebrate the passing of the bill. Spain’s parliament votes to legalize euthanasia 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Supporters of the measure oppose the term “assisted suicide” because patients with uncurable ailments don’t necessarily want to die; they just want to avoid the inevitable pain of their lethal illness. New Mexico Senate passes medically assisted suicide bill 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, those who want to try to avoid a long and painful passing are allowed to do so, and membership of assisted suicide organisations like Exit is commonplace. Coronavirus: Swiss count cost of surge in deaths 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z He argued the current law, which bans assisted suicide, is discriminatory and breaches his human rights. Paul Lamb: Paralysed Leeds man urges government inquiry 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z In Switzerland, with its long history of legal assisted suicide, there may be less hesitation among people when it comes to making such personal decisions. Swiss doctors urge COVID vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, the Australian state of Victoria and the Netherlands, while assisted suicide is permitted in Switzerland. New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The euthanasia measure, which would also allow assisted suicide, would apply to people who have terminal illnesses, are likely to die within six months, and are enduring “unbearable” suffering. New Zealand to vote on legalizing marijuana and euthanasia 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z It takes into account medical advances, the advent of “do not resuscitate” orders and legal approval for assisted suicide, as well as new Vatican perspectives on palliative care, including for children. Vatican: Assisted suicide, euthanasia “intrinsically evil” 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Euthanasia involves a physician taking an active role in ending a patient’s life whereas in assisted suicide, the doctor provides a lethal substance for the patient to self-administer. Vatican steps up opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, debates surrounding assisted suicide and Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s campaign to assist terminally ill people to end their lives unfurled on the national stage. ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rights 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering, while assisted suicide is the act of deliberately assisting another person to kill themselves. New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The Hotel Aurora is a strange resort indeed, located in a remote, barren but starkly beautiful Scandinavian landscape, and promises a luxury experience in assisted suicide. Review: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau takes a dramatic turn in murky drama 'Exit Plan' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z But, just as assisted suicide seemed possible, it wasn’t. Years ago, he saved her. Then one day he helped his wife kill herself 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z In February, Portuguese legislators approved bills that would decriminalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Vatican steps up opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In September, a Quebec court struck down provisions that restrict medically assisted suicide to those with “reasonably foreseeable” natural deaths. Canada debates offering physician-assisted death to patients who aren’t terminally ill 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Contrary to the March 9 editorial “Avoiding unnecessary suffering,” the data as well as personal experience confirm that assisted suicide puts at risk the lives of many vulnerable people who deserve to be valued equally. Opinion | Maryland should reject assisted suicide 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The law that was introduced to stop organized assisted suicide passed Parliament with a solid majority in 2015. German Court Overturns Ban on Assisted Suicide 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Then they would record the assisted suicide, and the moments before and after. Years ago, he saved her. Then one day he helped his wife kill herself 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z A new document, issued as more countries consider legalising euthanasia or assisted suicide, said legislators and politicians who support such laws are “accomplices”. Vatican steps up opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The bill would deny access to mature minors, patients whose sole reason for requesting medically assisted suicide is mental illness and advance requests for those with illnesses such as dementia. Canada debates offering physician-assisted death to patients who aren’t terminally ill 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z The top five reasons are disability-related concerns — one reason research shows that assisted suicide is inherently discriminatory toward individuals with disabilities and threatens their access to health care. Opinion | Maryland should reject assisted suicide 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The case centered on wording in the law that forbade professionally assisted suicide and made it punishable by a fine or up to three years in jail. German Court Overturns Ban on Assisted Suicide 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The court backed complaints by a group of terminally ill patients and doctors who challenged the law that made "commercial promotion of assisted suicide" a criminal offence. Germany overturns ban on assisted suicide 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The law in 2015 allowed assisted suicide for “altruistic motives,” but forbade people from offering it to someone else “on business terms,” with the threat of up to three years in jail. German court: assisted suicide restriction unconstitutional 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “Embedded in the assisted suicide debate is a grimly veiled, ableist narrative which implies that disability is a fate worse than death,” said Lisa Beaudoin, executive director of the Able New Hampshire advocacy group. New Hampshire again considers assisted-suicide bill 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z As well as those countries, assisted suicide - where patients administer the lethal drug themselves, under medical supervision - is also permitted in Switzerland and some U.S. states. Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The parliament in Spain’s neighbor Portugal, where Socialists are also in power, will discuss later this month a similar proposal to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide. Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Euthanasia and assisted suicide were made legal under strict conditions in Belgium in 2002. Belgium: Doctors cleared in first euthanasia trial 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Medically assisted suicide failed by a single vote in the Maryland General Assembly last year. After lawmakers deadlocked last year, advocates renew push for aid-in-dying bill 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But Peru doesn’t permit medically assisted suicide, so Estrada is campaigning for a change in the law from the electric wheelchair in her Lima home. Sick woman campaigns for medically assisted suicide in Peru 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In May, we finalized a rule for 25 statutory provisions protecting conscience in health-care covering abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and, in some circumstances, vaccination, among other topics. Opinion | Taking our conscience laws seriously 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z As well as those countries, assisted suicide — where patients administer the lethal drug themselves, under medical supervision — is also permitted in Switzerland and some U.S. states. Spanish government renews efforts to legalize euthanasia 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The letter urges voters to seek candidates’ views on a variety of issues, including abortion, assisted suicide, and heterosexual marriage, as well as poverty and nuclear weapons. General election live: John McDonnell says there will be no windfall tax on oil companies 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z If approved, Maryland would join the District and nine states, including California, Colorado and New Jersey, that allow medically assisted suicide. After lawmakers deadlocked last year, advocates renew push for aid-in-dying bill 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, said: "This is a deeply sad and troubling case, but it does not justify a change in the law to allow assisted suicide." 'Mercy killing' family call for change in law 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The declaration, backed by leaders of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, states that no health care provider should be “coerced or pressured” into providing assisted suicide or any form of euthanasia. Christians, Muslims, Jews unite against assisted suicide 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z But in a 2006 book on euthanasia and assisted suicide, he argued that a key 1992 abortion precedent, Planned Parenthood v. Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case From Louisiana 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Centura says the state can’t stop a religious organization from disciplining employees who encourage assisted suicide in violations of its beliefs. Colorado assisted suicide fight headed back to state court 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The document describes “abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and direct sterilization” as “intrinsically evil” and bars administrators and employees of Catholic hospitals from assisting or even making referrals for patients seeking those procedures. Column: Court reinstates lawsuit against Catholic hospital for refusing transgender man's surgery 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Eight states have legalised medically assisted suicide in the US, with Maine likely to follow suit when a new law comes into effect later this year. Susan Sarandon voices support for assisted dying 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The directives state that Catholic health-care providers “may never condone or participate in euthanasia or assisted suicide in any way.” Firing doctor, Christian hospital sets off national challenge to aid-in-dying laws 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z "The best safeguard against abuse, coercion, exploitation and the pressure that would inevitably be put on patients and palliative care doctors especially if assisted suicide was legalised is the current law," he added. Hundreds face 'unbearable pain' at end of life 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The three laws getting the most attention - MaineCare funding for abortion, the elimination of religious and philosophical exemptions for child vaccinations, and medically assisted suicide - were the subject of intense scrutiny. Editorials from around New England 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Before she was taken into care, a doctor decided that assisted suicide should be administered based on her prior statement. Dutch doctor on trial in euthanasia case 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “New Jersey’s assisted suicide law is a bad public policy that leaves many New Jersey residents at risk of abuse and coercion. ... New Jersey deserves better end-of-life-care, not assisted suicide.” New Jersey's assisted suicide law blocked by temporary restraining order 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The rates of euthanasia, assisted dying and assisted suicide are on the increase, with new countries and jurisdictions legalising the practice – including in the US. US briefing: Trump's racism, Epstein in court and Prime Day protests 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “The main difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is who performs the final, fatal act,” said Richard Huxtable, professor of medical ethics and law at the University of Bristol. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Because what’s happening on the West Coast is only a more accelerated version of the presidentially assisted suicide that the GOP is committing elsewhere. Opinion | Don’t run for president, Howard Schultz. Build a new political party. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Prosecutions for assisted suicide in Connecticut are not common. Connecticut man charged with assisting wife’s suicide 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The 57-year-old served five months of house arrest in New Zealand after pleading guilty to assisted suicide, before returning home to his family in South Africa. Euthanasia activist convicted of murder 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The process of dying in an assisted suicide after an initial approach to a doctor in Victoria state takes at least 10 days from Wednesday. Voluntary euthanasia becomes legal in Australian state 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The Netherlands and Switzerland are the most well known, and Belgium considered perhaps the most liberal, but several other jurisdictions allow some form of euthanasia or assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Maine became the eighth state in the U.S. to legalize medically assisted suicide after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed the bill into law on Wednesday. Maine is 8th state to legalize assisted suicide 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z While still controversial, assisted suicide legislation is winning increasing acceptance in the United States, and this year at least 18 states considered such measures. Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. Why teenage Noa's tragic death was misunderstood 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z He called the city’s approach “assisted suicide for the homeless” and wants a crackdown on quality-of-life violations. Even with rising homelessness, Garcetti is optimistic about L.A. Is he being realistic? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z In the Netherlands both euthanasia and assisted suicide are legal if the patient is enduring unbearable suffering and there is no prospect of improvement. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The law safeguards against patient mistreatment and doctor malpractice by criminalizing coercing someone to request assisted suicide or forging a request for life-ending medication. Maine is 8th state to legalize assisted suicide 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The bill declares that obtaining or administering life-ending medication is not suicide under state law, thereby legalizing the practice often called medically assisted suicide. Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Pope Francis spoke out against assisted suicide, calling on people not to “abandon those who are suffering,” by allowing them to elect to be put to death. Maine assisted-suicide bill reaches governor's desk; would be 8th state to legalize option for terminally ill 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Euthanasia, in which a person’s life is ended by doctors, and assisted suicide, where patients are given the means to end their own life, have been legal in the Netherlands since 2002. Dutch girl was not 'legally euthanised' and died at home 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Again, the exact circumstances in which assisted suicide is allowed vary, with some jurisdictions – Oregon and Vermont – only allowing it in the case of terminal illness. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Maine votes to legalize assisted suicide: Maine's legislature voted Tuesday to legalize assisted suicide. National Digest: Former CDC head avoids jail time for groping accusation 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Council has passed a string of progressive legislation in recent years, including landmark measures to tax employers for paid family and medical leave, legalize assisted suicide and switch to all renewable energy sources by 2032. Felons from D.C. could be able to vote from prison under proposed bill 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z A Maine bill to legalize assisted suicide advanced to the governor's desk Tuesday after the state Senate backed the proposal one day after passage in the House. Maine assisted-suicide bill reaches governor's desk; would be 8th state to legalize option for terminally ill 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The law governing euthanasia and assisted suicide requires the patient’s suffering to be unbearable, with no prospect of improvement, and their request must be made voluntarily, not under the influence of others. Dutch girl was not 'legally euthanised' and died at home 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z About 96% of cases involved euthanasia, with less than 4% assisted suicide, and the largest proportion of cases involved people with cancer. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Sterilizations and assisted suicide are among other medical procedures that might be affected, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan. U.S. states, cities sue to block Trump 'conscience' rule for... 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Most laws pertain to medical procedures such as abortion, sterilization and assisted suicide. States sue over rule allowing clinicians to refuse abortions 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z A man who lives with chronic and excruciating pain has begun a fresh legal challenge to the law that criminalises assisted suicide. Man renews legal battle for right to die 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z No official cause of death has so far been given and there is no evidence the case involved either euthanasia or assisted suicide, both of which are legal in the Netherlands subject to strict conditions. Dutch girl was not 'legally euthanised' and died at home 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z However, people do travel to Switzerland for assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z President Trump on Thursday announced an expanded “conscience rule” to protect health care workers who oppose abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds. Trump Administration Strengthens ‘Conscience Rule’ for Health Care Workers 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Most of these laws and provisions address medical procedures such as abortion, sterilization and assisted suicide. Trump defends clinicians' right to refuse to do abortions 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Since then three bills have been introduced to Parliament attempting to legalise assisted suicide. Man renews legal battle for right to die 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The group Right to Die with Dignity said there was a gulf between the Spanish people and their laws on the issue of assisted suicide. Arrest over ill wife’s death renews Spanish euthanasia debate 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In the Netherlands, a survey of almost 1,500 physicians published in 2015 found more than 90% of GPs and 87% of elderly care physicians supported the liberal Dutch approach to euthanasia and assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted dying rates are soaring. But where are they legal? 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z This time around, New Jersey's assisted suicide bill passed in the Assembly, 41-33, with four abstentions, and in the Senate, 21-16. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy vows to sign 'right to die' assisted suicide bill into law 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Opponents of the bill, including a Nevada physician and Connecticut disability rights activists, are planning a news conference before the hearing to warn against what they call the “dangers of legalizing assisted suicide.” Connecticut medical society now neutral on aid in dying 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The figures do not include the case of Sean Fitzgerald who was shot during a police raid in Coventry, or a police investigation into an assisted suicide in Hampshire. Killed in 2019: The UK's first 100 victims 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Medically assisted suicide is legal in seven states and Washington, D.C. Dolores Huerta joins right-to-die bilingual push in 4 states 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Mr King said he did not want a change in the law for assisted suicide as it "could make people vulnerable to pressure". Terminally-ill man dies after removing mask 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The New Jersey Catholic Conference argued insurance companies in the states that approved assisted suicide legislation deny individuals healthcare coverage and instead offer them an inexpensive drug to end their lives. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy vows to sign 'right to die' assisted suicide bill into law 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z There was a failure to consider some of the real dangers of assisted suicide as public policy. Opinion | Two views on Maryland’s end-of-life legislation 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z The Star Tribune reports statutes call for up to 15 years in prison upon conviction for assisted suicide. 90-day workhouse sentence imposed for assisted suicide 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z How is it different from euthanasia or assisted suicide? What is assisted suicide and euthanasia? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The method of ending his own life did not constitute assisted suicide, he said. Terminally-ill man dies after removing mask 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z New Jersey’s legislators cleared the latest hurdle in a bid to legalize assisted suicide, reports say. NJ clears 1st hurdle to make assisted suicide legal; opposition calls hearing a 'charade' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Randy Stroup was denied coverage in Oregon for his chemotherapy drugs, and coverage for assisted suicide was offered instead. Opinion | Two views on Maryland’s end-of-life legislation 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Currently, assisted suicide — referred to as “Death with Dignity” or “Medical Aid in Dying” laws — is legal in seven states and Washington, D.C., as The Winchester Star reported last month. Catholic group urges 'no' vote to assisted-suicide bill, citing lack of safeguards 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Intentionally helping another person to kill themselves is known as assisted suicide. What is assisted suicide and euthanasia? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The Virginia Catholic Conference, which represents the Diocese of Richmond and the Diocese of Arlington on public-policy matters, strongly opposes assisted suicide or euthanasia. Bill would legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ in Virginia 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She said she is sure her husband’s July death wasn’t a case of assisted suicide because he wasn’t communicating with caregivers at the time. Patient’s widow: Hospital safeguards ‘failed tremendously’ 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The writer is executive director of the Patients Rights Action Fund, which opposes assisted suicide. Opinion | Two views on Maryland’s end-of-life legislation 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z She says she’s sure it wasn’t a case of assisted suicide because her husband wasn’t communicating with caregivers at the time. Patient’s widow: Hospital safeguards ‘failed tremendously’ 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z In contrast to euthanasia and assisted suicide, assisted dying would apply to terminally ill people only. What is assisted suicide and euthanasia? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Comments against assisted suicide outnumbered those in favor 8 to 1, he said. Bill would legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ in Virginia 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Hawaii will become the sixth state, along with Washington D.C., to legalize medically assisted suicide. New state laws for the new year: California limits gun rights, minimum wages increase 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z In 1994, he was part of the 2-1 majority that struck down, on very technical grounds, Michigan’s ban on assisted suicide. Small-town lawyer who became appeals court judge dies 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Hawaii will become the sixth state, along with Washington D.C., to legalize medically assisted suicide. New state laws affect birth to death _ and, of course, taxes 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, while assisted suicide is permitted in Switzerland. What is assisted suicide and euthanasia? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Supporters prefer “death with dignity” to “assisted suicide,” and the main advocacy group rebranded itself from the Hemlock Society to the softer-sounding Compassion & Choices. She fought cancer and Congress for D.C.’s right-to-die law. Would she be able to use it? 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z In 2016, the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to overturn the state’s existing assisted suicide law, meaning that aiding such deaths remained a fourth-degree felony. New Mexico city backs assisted suicide legislation 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Supporters of the law cheered the ruling, but say they expect further challenges from opponents of assisted suicide. California court tosses lawsuit challenging assisted suicide 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The Catholic Church said in a statement its ground lease prohibits Kahala Nui from promoting assisted suicide but the document specifies the restriction doesn't refer to the acts of individual residents. ACLU objects to Hawaii retirement home assisted suicide ban 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z It says its ground lease prohibits Kahala Nui from promoting assisted suicide, but specifies the restriction doesn’t refer to acts of individual residents. The Latest: Retirement home says it doesn’t discriminate 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z In May, 2002, his mother decided to end her life through assisted suicide. Gavin Newsom, the Next Head of the California Resistance 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The District of Columbia and several other states - California, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Washington, and Hawaii - allow assisted suicide. New Mexico city backs assisted suicide legislation 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Written in 1901, long before Wharton achieved fame with her novel The Age Of Innocence, the drama tackles the topic of assisted suicide, but was abandoned during rehearsals in New York for unknown reasons. Radio 3 expands 'slow radio' experiment 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Caballero said he's not aware of another case in which a retirement home prevented its residents from using a medically assisted suicide law. ACLU objects to Hawaii retirement home assisted suicide ban 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z I’m also a resident of New York State, where assisted suicide is illegal. Could I Kill My Mother? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z While aid-in-dying, or “death with dignity,” is legal in seven states and the District, medically assisted suicide retains tough opposition. Assisted suicide is controversial, but palliative sedation is legal and offers peace 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But Rehnquist did write the majority opinion when the court rejected the right to assisted suicide for the terminally ill. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Glucksberg , when he wrote for a five-justice majority finding no constitutional protection for assisted suicide, and saying that fundamental rights protected by the 14th Amendment are only those “deeply rooted” in history and tradition. Opinion | Kavanaugh looks a lot like some former justices. Just not Anthony Kennedy. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Hawaii became the sixth state to legalize medically assisted suicide in April when Gov. David Ige signed the legislation into law. ACLU objects to Hawaii retirement home assisted suicide ban 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But then I watch the bungled assisted suicide scene in “The Americans” and I see how easy it is to get wrong and I get scared. Could I Kill My Mother? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Glucksberg, which rejected a right to assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z California's law granting patients the right to assisted suicide took effect in 2016. California appeals court reinstates law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal, with those against changing the law saying they expose vulnerable people to pressure to end their lives and give too much power to doctors. No charge for daughter who helped dad die 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But opponents of what’s sometimes called assisted suicide said the suspension “now opens the door to a discussion about how to better care for people at the end of their lives.” Suspension of California’s aid-in-dying law leaves terminally ill patients in limbo 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z A woman who took her 93-year-old father to die at a Dignitas facility in Switzerland says she is prepared to go to jail over assisted suicide. 'I would go to jail for helping dad die' 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z In Switzerland and some U.S. states, assisted suicide — where patients administer the lethal drug themselves under medical supervision — is permitted. Portugal considers allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z In Switzerland, and some U.S. states, assisted suicide - where patients administer the lethal drug themselves, under medical supervision - is permitted. Portugal considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z She said she would continue to fight for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide in cases like her father's. No charge for daughter who helped dad die 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In Switzerland, and some U.S. states, assisted suicide — where patients administer the lethal drug themselves, under medical supervision — is permitted. Portugal considers allowing euthanasia, assisted suicide 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z “Access to health care has no relationship to assisted suicide,” she said, saying passing the law set a dangerous precedent that undermines the legislative process. Judge tosses California law allowing life-ending drugs 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “Access to health care has no relationship to assisted suicide.” California law allowing life-ending drugs illegally approved, Judge rules 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Some critics in Switzerland say assisted suicide should only be available to the terminally ill. Australian, 104, sings cheerily on eve of assisted suicide 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Swiss law permits assisted suicide, including for foreign nationals. Australian scientist, 104, heads to Switzerland to end life 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Oregon voters legalized aid-in-dying — sometimes referred to as “death with dignity” or assisted suicide — by approving a ballot measure in 1994. Support for aid-in-dying laws has been growing 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z From class divide and financial struggles to assisted suicide and depression, her books are far from defined by one plot line. Jojo Moyes: Chick lit label is 'disappointing' 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Matt Valliere, executive director of the Patients Rights Action Fund, which opposes assisted suicide, said it’s a “tragic day for all Hawaiians.” Hawaii becomes eighth jurisdiction where assisted suicide is legal 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The other states that allow medically assisted suicide are California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. Hawaii legalizes medically assisted suicide 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Oregon became the first state to legalize assisted suicide in 1994, when voters approved a ballot measure. Hawaii assisted-suicide bill sent to governor’s desk 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The Hawaii Senate is voting on a measure that would legalize medically assisted suicide. The Latest: Hawaii lawmakers pass medically assisted suicide 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Matt Valliere, executive director of Patients Rights Action Fund, which opposes assisted suicide, said the Legislature listened to doctors, disability rights activists and residents who came out against assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Lawmakers also kept out GOP attempts to block the District's budget autonomy act and its assisted suicide law. Here's what Congress is stuffing into its $1.3 trillion spending bill 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The plan, announced last year by an organization called Cooperative Last Will, opened a new front in the long-running debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands. Dutch prosecutors investigate assisted suicide group 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z A terminally ill Canadian man is suing his hospital, several governmental agencies and the attorneys general of Ontario and Canada after he claims he was denied proper medical care and offered assisted suicide instead. Canada denied care for terminal patient, offered assisted suicide: Lawsuit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The church’s approach to assisted suicide is traditional if you listen to the bishops of Western Canada, flexible and accommodating if you heed the bishops in Canada’s Maritime Provinces. Opinion | Pope Francis Is Beloved. His Papacy Might Be a Disaster. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z This was the state, after all, that pioneered medically assisted suicide in the United States when its Death With Dignity Act took effect in 1997. In Oregon, pushing to give patients with degenerative diseases the right to die 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z A 1997 federal law prohibits the use of federal funds for assisted suicide. Dying vets cannot use life-ending drugs at many state homes 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Montana affords physician assisted suicide but the courts must mandate it. My terminally-ill stepfather showed me how important the right to die is | Kim Lute 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Boston Globe: "...the Trump administration announced Thursday a new federal office to protect medical providers refusing to participate in abortion, assisted suicide or other procedures on moral or religious grounds." Is It O.K. to Surprise Someone With a Negative Reference? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Most such laws address medical procedures such as abortion, sterilisation and assisted suicide. Trump hails anti-abortion measures in speech at March for Life 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Yelle, also 64, is alive and active, trying to change laws in Oregon that would essentially open up more assisted suicide avenues for people with these diseases. In Oregon, pushing to give patients with degenerative diseases the right to die 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Most of these laws address medical procedures such as abortion, sterilization and assisted suicide. US agency details doctor protections ahead of March for Life 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The description of the division's mandate cites abortion, sterilization and assisted suicide as examples of the types of procedures covered. New HHS civil rights division charged with protecting health-care workers with moral objections 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The Trump administration launched a division at the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday to protect doctors and medical providers who object to participating in abortions and assisted suicide on religious or moral grounds. HHS launches office to enforce religious-freedom laws 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The hearing was told she had attended a meeting on assisted suicide the previous year and complained of having money troubles. Lady Lucan died 'on cocktail of drugs' 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Not enough will or energy to eat or drink. an argument for assisted suicide? you tell me. Opinion | This Was Not the Good Death We Were Promised 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Right now, maybe eight states allow assisted suicide for those who are terminally ill. A Better Kind of Nursing Home 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z THE FACTS: Canada did legalize medically assisted suicide last year for those with serious illnesses, but the Canadian government’s website says children are not eligible. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It would be, as one senior American military strategist put it a few weeks ago, a case of assisted suicide. Washington Eyes a Cold War Strategy Against North Korea 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z It does bring up the topic of assisted suicide, taking a stance that not all viewers will agree with. Two portraits of real-life courage: ‘Breathe’ and ‘Only the Brave.’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z When lawmakers do return to Albany, proponents of a bill authorizing medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients plan to be ready. Capitol Watch: Cuomo floats special session for federal cuts 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z I think it's cruel not to expand assisted suicide for the elderly who don't wish to linger. A Better Kind of Nursing Home 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z They even had a provision for assisted suicide. How to Plan for the Unforeseen 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z I decided I wasn’t going to move to Oregon or another state that permitted assisted suicide, since it would eventually be legal in my state. Perspective | I’m dying of brain cancer. I prepared to end my life. Then I kept living. 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Gorsuch’s doctoral dissertation, on assisted suicide, is a thundering denunciation of “the intentional taking of human life”. Neil Gorsuch's views on abortion to be tested by supreme court filing 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z New York’s ban on assisted suicide will stand after the state’s highest court on Thursday rejected arguments from terminally ill patients who say they should have the right to seek life-ending drugs from a doctor. New York appellate court upholds ban on assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals said Thursday that the state law against assisted suicide contained “no exceptions” for doctors. New York top court rejects right to doctor-assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Unlike many other states, Massachusetts does not have a specific law against assisted suicide. Woman who encouraged boyfriend to kill himself via text sentenced to 15 months in jail 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Switzerland, Germany and six U.S. states allow assisted suicide. Euthanasia used for 4.5 percent of deaths in the Netherlands 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Following his death, Graham Clayton plans to continue his son's activism by campaigning for an extension of Canada's assisted suicide laws to include people with enduring mental illnesses. Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that state lawmakers had a rational reason for passing a ban on assisted suicide and that the ban does not violate the New York state constitution. New York appellate court upholds ban on assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z A Montana court ruling protects doctors there from prosecution for assisted suicide. New York top court rejects right to doctor-assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Proponents of assisted suicide continue to claim that... In the Netherlands, the Doctor Will Kill You Now 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Noel Conway is challenging Britain’s ban on assisted suicide, arguing it is incompatible with protections of human rights. Terminally ill British man in right-to-die court fight 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z A year ago, Canada legalised medically assisted suicide for terminally ill people approaching death. Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Noel Conway is going to court Monday to challenge a ban on assisted suicide, arguing it is incompatible with human rights protections. Terminally ill British man in right-to-die court fight 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z A Montana court ruling protects doctors there from prosecution for assisted suicide. New York top court rejects right to doctor-assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The city’s assisted suicide law faced multiple opponents, including a contingent of House Republicans, after Bowser quietly signed it late last year. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z People who are considering assisted suicide, like those in California, do so for a variety of reasons, Welk said. Kansas chaplain says hospice care is about living, not dying 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z He's not totally opposed to euthanasia, but fears a creeping inevitability should the criteria for assisted suicide be widened. Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, legislation promoting assisted suicide all over the nation would dismantle essential protections and care on which I, and so many others, depend as we fight terminal illnesses. I Want My Doctors to Help Me Live, Not Die 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals said Thursday that the state law against assisted suicide contained “no exceptions” for doctors. New York top court rejects right to doctor-assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The District is the first predominantly black community to legalize assisted suicide. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Colorado last year became the fifth state to allow medically assisted suicide when 65 percent of voters approved Proposition 106. Colorado’s medically assisted suicide law quietly underway 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Unlike 40 other states, Massachusetts does not have a law prohibiting assisted suicide. Michelle Carter found guilty in texting suicide case 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Unlike 40 other states, Massachusetts has no law against assisted suicide, and the prosecution appeared to go beyond the scope of the existing law, said Sharon Beckman, a law professor at Boston College. Can words kill? Michelle Carter on trial for urging her 18-year-old boyfriend to kill himself 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Her insurance company sent her an unsigned treatment rejection letter, along with the suggestion she consider assisted suicide. Assisted suicide laws can be abused 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Council passed the assisted suicide law by an 11 to 2 vote after more than a year of intense discussion and lobbying on the part of lawmakers, advocates and opponents. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Gorsuch received a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford, and worked on a thesis critical of euthanasia and assisted suicide that became the basis for a book. Gorsuch stresses rule of law, system where ‘government can lose in its own courts’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z She said insurance companies encouraging assisted suicide is an inevitable consequence of the practice’s legalization. Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide, doctor claims 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z An attorney for the state, however, countered that assisted suicide is a question of policy that must be left to the Legislature. New York’s high court hears physician-assisted suicide case 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Much of the discussion about assisted suicide focuses on compassionate palliative care for cancer patients and about suffering that can't be controlled by even the strongest opioids. It’s not pain but ‘existential distress’ that leads people to assisted suicide, study suggests 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z His amendment to squash the assisted suicide law passed 28 to 24 along party lines except for Reps. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z I know this is a divisive issue and there will be those who feel this story romanticizes assisted suicide, but so be it. ‘How Can We Combat What We Don’t Understand?’ 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Callister, however, said it’s no coincidence the insurance agents stumped for assisted suicide over the phone. Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide, doctor claims 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z They have formed a national organization on medically assisted suicide and are holding their first conference in June. At His Own Wake, Celebrating Life and the Gift of Death 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Social conservatives oppose assisted suicide because they see it as undermining the sanctity of life. D.C. assisted suicide law could be blocked under Trump’s budget 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The House Appropriations Committee late Thursday advanced a measure to repeal the District’s assisted suicide law, known as Death with Dignity, opening a new front in the city’s battle for self-determination. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z In his more than 31 years as a prosecutor, Tillamook County District Attorney William Porter said he’s never handled a case involving assisted suicide, an act which is legal under certain, different circumstances in Oregon. Oregon man sentenced for aiding young wife’s suicide 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Neither the full House nor the Senate ever voted on Chaffetz’s bill overturning assisted suicide. With Chaffetz’s departure on horizon, D.C. advocates await next nemesis 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Off the west coast of Canada, Vancouver Island has been ground zero for assisted suicide in the country. At His Own Wake, Celebrating Life and the Gift of Death 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Caroline Dhavernas plays Mary Harris, an ER physician with a sideline in assisted suicide. Complications come quick in Lifetime’s assisted-suicide drama ‘'Mary Kills People' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z So-called assisted suicide is legal in Washington D.C. and six states, including Vermont. Gov. LePage says he’ll veto “death with dignity” legislation 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Oregon legalized assisted suicide in 1994, and it’s now legal in five other states, including Vermont, and D.C. Lawmakers to hear assisted suicide bills 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The judge also refused Feinstein’s request to endorse or accept the notion of assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill. Supreme Court delivers blow to Judge Gorsuch ruling during his confirmation hearing 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z His book on assisted suicide contains a chapter, called “The Debate Over History,” that applies the history test to the question of the right to die. Weaponizing the Past 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The opening scene, in which an assisted suicide goes wrong, is presented essentially as farce; a later case is played to the hilt for pathos. Complications come quick in Lifetime’s assisted-suicide drama ‘'Mary Kills People' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Gorsuch' views on social issues, including a 2006 book he wrote in which he argued against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia, will be discussed too. U.S. Supreme Court’s ideological balance at stake in confirmation fight 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z To oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia, Gorsuch’s book relies mostly on moral and pragmatic arguments, not on originalism. Opinion | Is Gorsuch an originalist? Not so fast. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z He was asked to react to a Democratic-sponsored bill legalizing assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Assembly Speaker Vos opposes assisted suicide bill 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In June, the New Mexico Supreme Court refused to overturn the state’s existing assisted suicide law, meaning that aiding such deaths remains a fourth-degree felony. Democrats push assisted suicide proposal in New Mexico 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The phrase “assisted suicide,” now used mostly by opponents, tends to signal disapproval. Gorsuch Staunchly Opposes ‘Aid in Dying.’ Does It Matter? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z He was eager to debate assisted suicide with fellow law students at Harvard, and it became the subject of his PhD thesis after he won a Marshall Scholarship to Oxford. Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The issue of D.C. statehood gained some more attention this week after House Republicans moved to gut the District’s assisted suicide law. Robert Vinson Brannum, DNC chair candidate: Pressure Veterans groups to support D.C. statehood 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z His detractors say the move is politically advantageous terrain for hard-line Republicans: assisted suicide is legal in just six states, and D.C.’s legislation has drawn national condemnation from religious groups and conservative activists. House committee moves to block D.C.’s assisted-suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Chaffetz, a Mormon who says he is morally opposed to assisted suicide, contends he is fulfilling his responsibility to oversee the District and brushed off any suggestion that he’s catering to conservative voters. After angry demonstration in Utah, Chaffetz returns to more wrath in D.C. 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z He asked, rather, whether a constitutional right to abortion necessarily implies a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z In his dissertation, later published as a book entitled, “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” he makes his legal case against assisted suicide and argues for the “inviolability” of human life. Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z If Gorsuch opposes assisted suicide for the terminally ill, goes the thinking, then he must also oppose a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Opinion | The left’s boogeyman vision of Gorsuch 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Do you support a House committee blocking a D.C. law that would make assisted suicide legal? House committee moves to block D.C.’s assisted-suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Chaffetz said the Constitution requires that his committee weigh in on District matters, including what he considers profound issues such as assisted suicide, which he refers to as “killing people.” After angry demonstration in Utah, Chaffetz returns to more wrath in D.C. 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z This led him to support existing laws barring assisted suicide and euthanasia. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Anyway, D.C. cannot run with the ball unless Congress says so — and that is how it is whether the issue is abortion, education, health, public safety or assisted suicide. D.C. vs. Congress: No contest in this Super Bowl 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Gorsuch is known for backing religious rights and writing against euthanasia and assisted suicide. Democrats vow fight on Supreme Court nominee, Trump urges 'nuclear option' 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z He has written extensively on the topic of assisted suicide and euthanasia, arguing against legalization. Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch seen in the mold of Scalia 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Council and signed into law by Bowser late last year, includes hundreds of thousands of dollars that D.C. plans to spend to teach health-care professionals how to approach assisted suicide. Congress once ran the local D.C. government. GOP signals that it may do so again. 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z In the book, Judge Gorsuch argued that bans on assisted suicide and euthanasia should be retained, based partly on his understanding of the limits of the constitutional logic of the Supreme Court’s abortion decisions. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z In a number of European countries where assisted suicide is legal, the option is no longer limited to only those with a terminal illness. Opinion | D.C. is disregarding the sanctity of life. Congress must act. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The attorney for Philip Benight, of Conestoga, declined comment on the assisted suicide charge he faces in Lancaster County. Cops: Man took wife, 73, from nursing home for suicide try 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In a 2005 article in the conservative National Review magazine, Gorsuch criticized American liberals' "overweening addiction to the courtroom" to implement a social agenda "on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide." Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch seen in the mold of Scalia 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The Durango Herald, Jan. 23, on assisted suicide: Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z In the book, Judge Gorsuch argued that the decision should be read narrowly, in an apparent attempt to limit its implications for a right to assisted suicide or euthanasia. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “At the eleventh hour, they emailed us and said their lawyers had stopped the process because they were afraid it looked too much like assisted suicide,” Adox said. A dying man’s wish to save others hits hospital ethics hurdle 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Even the terminology — aid in dying? assisted suicide? death with dignity? — creates controversy. Physician Aid in Dying Gains Acceptance in the U.S. 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z It also thrusts the contentious issue of assisted suicide onto the national stage. Members of Congress from Ohio, Oklahoma move to block D.C.’s right-to-die law 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said last week that he would block a new law passed by city lawmakers legalizing assisted suicide. D.C. mayor invites all 535 members of Congress for a drink — to toast David Rubenstein 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z At bottom, then, Judge Gorsuch saw no necessary constitutional connection between a right to abortion and one to assisted suicide or euthanasia. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Congress will move to block the District of Columbia’s new assisted suicide law, the chairman of the House committee that oversees the city’s government said Monday. D.C. assisted suicide law imperiled by Republican Congress 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Bowser’s health director LaQuandra Nesbitt raised issues with the legislation when testifying before Council last year, including that some medical professional groups saw assisted suicide as violating the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm. Bowser quietly signs legislation allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But Congress did successfully pass a law barring it from appropriating funds in support of assisted suicide, and opponents say the D.C. legislation may run afoul of that law. Members of Congress from Ohio, Oklahoma move to block D.C.’s right-to-die law 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Council, which in the past six weeks alone has legalized assisted suicide in the nation’s capital and guaranteed new parents two months of paid time off. Is the D.C. mayor losing control of her city? 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z He added that his colleagues might be prepared to discover a right to assisted suicide in the Constitution. Reading Between the Lines for Gorsuch’s Views on Abortion 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The first controversial move for his committee, though, is likely to be challenging the District’s assisted suicide law. D.C. assisted suicide law imperiled by Republican Congress 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z My point is that there is a clear reason to distinguish the terms “assisted dying” and “assisted suicide.” Friday Mailbag: Omissions, Exclusions, Language and Fox TV 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “Washington, DC’s assisted suicide bill would erode our culture’s respect for life, and possibly lead to the mistreatment and exploitation of the disabled and most vulnerable among us,” Lankford said in a statement. Members of Congress from Ohio, Oklahoma move to block D.C.’s right-to-die law 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z An increase in suicides should be expected where assisted suicide is legal because society is sending the unmistakable message that killing oneself is a proper response to life’s challenges, he says. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “This news is deeply concerning and yet another reason why assisted suicide and euthanasia must never be introduced into the U.K.,” Mark Langedijk, Dutch man, euthanized over alcoholism 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Senator Leyonhjelm is broadly in favour of immigration, supports same-sex marriage, lower taxes and assisted suicide, but it's restrictions on firearms that make his blood boil. The unapologetic world of Australia's 'nastiest' politician - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z South Australia almost became the only Australian state or territory to allow assisted suicide. Australian euthanasia law loses by single parliament vote 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “It allows for coercion and abuse, including third parties administering the lethal drugs to patients who may or may not be incapacitated or requesting assisted suicide.” D.C. becomes seventh jurisdiction to allow terminally ill to end their lives 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The District seeks to join six states where assisted suicide is legal, including Colorado, which approved the practice in a ballot measure this election cycle, and California, which legalized the practice in 2015. D.C. physician-assisted suicide law reaches mayor’s desk 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Colorado voters did approve a proposition to legalize assisted suicide there, which will now be allowed in six states. Legal marijuana poised to grow as states vote to raise minimum wage, too 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Colorado becomes the fifth state to allow medically assisted suicide, joining Oregon, Washington, Vermont and California. Colorado OKs primary, wage hike, medically assisted suicide 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Voters across a broad demographic range supported Proposition 106, which legalizes medically assisted suicide, according to the poll. Exit poll: Colorado Hispanic voters favored Clinton 2-to-1 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Forefathers like Douglass wouldn’t recognize today’s capital, and I’m not referring to the geography but the politics of the place, where anything and everything goes, including drug legalization and assisted suicide. In the DMV elections, D.C. goes to pot again 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the council approved legislation that would allow assisted suicide for terminally ill residents. Millennial voters help push D.C. Council to the left, ousting old-school politicians 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The doctors noted that terminally ill patients are often depressed, but the bill “does not include a requirement that patients seeking assisted suicide first receive a psychological evaluation.” Physician-assisted suicide gets green light from D.C. Council 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z It's actually still revered, even by people who support a "pro-choice" position and/or assisted suicide. Trump Said Women Get Abortions Days Before Birth. Doctors Say They Don’t. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It asks the court for an injunction to prevent criminal prosecution of what it calls “medical aid in dying,” which the group says isn’t the same as assisted suicide. Cape Cod doctors file lawsuit addressing right-to-die issue 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z “The dominant reasons for wanting euthanasia or assisted suicide are psychological and involve control factors,” said Ezekiel Emanuel, chair of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school. ‘Death with dignity’ laws and the desire to control how one’s life ends 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Sadly I believe that those who think that a final trip to a state that allows assisted suicide for terminal illness will be a way out after a diagnosis of dementia will be disappointed. Dealing With Ma’s Dementia, and That Trip Out West 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “We do not regularly engage in the city’s legislative process, but we must do so now with one voice against proposed legislation that would legalize physician assisted suicide,” the doctors wrote. Physician-assisted suicide gets green light from D.C. Council 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Their opposition to assisted suicide is rooted in the faith’s belief in the sanctity of life. Mormon leaders oppose marijuana, assisted-suicide measures 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The Gazette, Sept. 18, on an assisted suicide proposal: Colorado Editorial Roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Coalitions for and against assisted suicide will clash in the nation’s capital this week, as the D.C. D.C. Council to consider right-to-die legislation 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z In the Netherlands, a competent patient between the ages of 16 and 18 may request euthanasia or assisted suicide. Belgium minor first to be granted euthanasia - BBC News 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z But Ottolia said on Friday that no one was being forced to participate in assisted suicide. Judge keeps in place California law allowing physician-assisted suicide 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Although it’s hard to find a more controversial plotline than assisted suicide, Lehmann says he’s not expecting backlash — especially given how some already think the show’s family members are inappropriately close. ‘Casual’ creator explains Season 2 finale’s big death, says he isn’t expecting backlash 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Proposition 106 would establish the assisted suicide trade for doctors willing to participate. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z More recently, a group of doctors and health-care professionals in Vermont joined a lawsuit filed July 19 to try to block the way that state’s 2013 assisted suicide law is being interpreted and misapplied. Why Are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients? 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z “But they read that in conjunction with the Act 39 to require ‘all options’ for assisted suicide be counseled for.” Vermont doctors push back against assisted-suicide requirement 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z On June 17th Canada joined a handful of countries in legalising medically assisted suicide. Last rights 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t think we used the death or assisted suicide in an exploitative way,” he said. ‘Casual’ creator explains Season 2 finale’s big death, says he isn’t expecting backlash 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z |
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