| 单词 | physician-assisted suicide |
| 例句 | Despite strong opposition from religious organizations and groups representing handicapped and disabled people, Oregon and Washington state legalized physician-assisted suicide in 1997 and 2008, respectively. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z 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 It follows terminally ill patients living in Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Sundance goes crazy for 'Like Crazy' 2011-01-30T16:46:05Z Her public stand, and a commitment to host three dinners for the organization Compassion & Choices, which advocates for legalizing physician-assisted suicide, resulted in an admonishment from a room full of station and NPR brass. Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z She and her husband moved to Oregon, one of only five states that allows physician-assisted suicide for patients with fatal illnesses. This woman has chosen to die on November 1 — and she wants you to know why 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z A study surveyed nearly 1,500 people on their attitudes about several controversial issues, including if they were in favor of or opposed to physician-assisted suicide. Study shows testimonials can open acceptance to differing opinions on controversial topics 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Dr. Gaylin brought his psychiatric lens to the center’s exploration of issues like physician-assisted suicide, cloning and the financing of research on human embryonic stem cells. Willard Gaylin, a Pioneer in Bioethics, Is Dead at 97 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “We conclude as well that the law of manslaughter may prohibit physician-assisted suicide, and does so, without offending constitutional protections.” Massachusetts court rules against medically assisted death 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide under strict conditions and when overseen by medical professionals in 2002. Dutch court rejects attempt to widen euthanasia laws 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Lawmakers passed a bill permitting euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Portugal, the Speaker of Parliament said, though exact voting figures were not immediately available. Portuguese lawmakers make 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Those who read testimonials on physician-assisted suicide, whether pro or con, were the most willing to accept or consider the value of opposing views. Study shows testimonials can open acceptance to differing opinions on controversial topics 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Applying that standard, the court declined to recognize a right to physician-assisted suicide because it lacked historical roots. Perspective | After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling, What Could Happen to Other Unwritten Rights? While campaigning for his successful reelection this year, Macron promised to open the debate in France, suggesting he was personally in favor of legalizing physician-assisted suicide. France to open debate on legalizing assisted suicide 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z California legalized physician-assisted suicide and later passed a bill requiring doctors who object to “document” a patient’s request and refer the suicidal person to another doctor. California blocked from forcing Christian doctors to assist suicides 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z In March 2021, Spain became the fourth country in Europe to allow physician-assisted suicide for patients with incurable diseases and for people with unbearable permanent conditions. Victims irked as Spain lets gunman die before trial 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Pluralists, however, would have to evaluate this physician-assisted suicide based on multiple intrinsic values, such as pleasure and life. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Eleven U.S. states and several European countries, for example, have legalized various forms of assisted dying, also known as physician-assisted suicide or medical aid in dying. Locked-in syndrome and the misplaced presumption of misery 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “Assume that the FDA approved a drug for use in physician-assisted suicide,” he wrote recently in National Review. Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Four rewritten bills that would permit euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Portugal were due to go to a vote in the 230-seat chamber later in the day. Portugal’s lawmakers make 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “Creating a right to physician-assisted suicide would not be a mere expansion of the right to refuse life-saving treatment,” the ADF said, adding that the “vast majority” of U.S. states and medical associations oppose it. Massachusetts’ top court hears case to legalize assisted suicide 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Oregon and Washington are the only States that have legalized physician-assisted suicide. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He won cases involving physician-assisted suicide, a practice that Clinton opposed, and the line-item veto, which the president sought to exercise. Walter Dellinger, renowned legal scholar who served in Clinton Justice Department, dies at 80 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In addition to his work on criminal procedure, he wrote extensively on physician-assisted suicide, which he opposed, in what some observers of his work took as a departure from his usual defense of civil liberties. Yale Kamisar, legal scholar known as the ‘father’ of the Miranda warning, dies at 92 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Instead, they attempt to simplify circumstances where euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are justified by referring to “a situation of intolerable suffering, with a definitive injury of extreme seriousness or a serious and incurable disease.” Portugal’s lawmakers make 3rd attempt to allow euthanasia 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z They would, however, pay for the drug for physician-assisted suicide. Rep. Gary Palmer interview transcript 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are legal in the Netherlands under very strict conditions and when overseen by medical professionals. Dutch prosecutors investigate 33 deaths in 'suicide powder' case 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z She also pursued disability rights abroad and, in recent years, emerged as an opponent of physician-assisted suicide, which she saw as a threat particularly to the disabled community. Marilyn Golden, champion for disability rights, dies at 67 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide under strict conditions. Head of Dutch pro-assisted suicide group detained 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The bill is named for a former state district judge who testified in favor of physician-assisted suicide in 2017 and died of cancer in 2018. New Mexico advances medically assisted suicide bill 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z In the days ahead, Mr. Rebelo de Sousa will need to decide whether to approve or block a recent law passed by lawmakers but opposed by the Catholic Church permitting euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Portugal’s President Wins Re-election, but Far Right Gains 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in 2002. Dutch prosecutors investigate 33 deaths in 'suicide powder' case 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Spain's parliament votes to legalize euthanasia: Spain's parliament voted to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions. World Digest: Dec. 17, 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Spain is following the footsteps of Iberian Peninsula neighbor Portugal, whose parliament approved similar bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in February. Spain’s parliament votes to legalize euthanasia 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Lane’s prediction was based on Amy Coney Barrett’s writings supporting Supreme Court precedent holding that a dying person’s access to physician-assisted suicide is not protected under the Constitution. Opinion | Time to unpack the Supreme Court 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Eight of the 50 states and D.C. have permitted physician-assisted suicide, by statute or referendum. Opinion | Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the future of physician-assisted suicide 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Ottawa made the announcement after a court in the province of Quebec last September said part of the law on physician-assisted suicide was too limited and should therefore be considered unconstitutional. Canada's government seeks to expand access to assisted dying 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Portuguese lawmakers voted Thursday to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people amid protests outside the parliament building. Portugal approves euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill in spite of protests 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The practice is often referred to as physician-assisted suicide, a term that Coombs Lee considers offensive. Minnesota lawmakers will hear disputed assisted suicide bill 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The American Medical Association recently reaffirmed its opinion that “physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” Two terminally ill D.C. residents legally ended their lives in 2018, report says 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z But conflicts between “blue” jurisdictions and the federal government have flared up across a range of policy areas, from drugs to carbon emissions to physician-assisted suicide. Perspective | How liberals learned to love federalism 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The attorneys also argued for alternative forms of execution, such as by firing squad or a barbiturate common in physician-assisted suicide. Testimony ends in trial over Arkansas' use of execution drug 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z A Socialist lawmaker called those against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide “radical” during debates. Portugal approves euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill in spite of protests 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Oregon was the first state to enact aid-in-dying legislation, which is sometimes referred to as “death with dignity” or physician-assisted suicide — approving a ballot measure in 1994. Maryland House approves aid-in-dying bill after emotional debate 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Callister said his participation at the hearing was “in hopes of educating legislators about the perverse incentives and negative unintended consequences that physician-assisted suicide carries with it.” NJ clears 1st hurdle to make assisted suicide legal; opposition calls hearing a 'charade' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Nine mostly liberal states and the District have legalized physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, thanks in large part to a 2006 Supreme Court decision that prevented George W. Bush’s Justice Department from blocking it. Perspective | How liberals learned to love federalism 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z That is the issue of aid in dying or, to be more specific and accurate, physician-assisted suicide. Editorials from around New York 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The state Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that nothing in state law prohibits physician-assisted suicide. Montana lawmakers to take up physician-assisted suicide ban 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z In other stories, supporters of legislation to authorize physician-assisted suicide held a Day of the Dead vigil for advocates who succumbed to terminal illness while pushing for the bill. Capitol Watch: Nixon backs Cuomo, sort of 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Repeatedly, advocates for physician-assisted suicide use worst-case anecdotal scenarios to argue for public policy changes of profound and lasting harm to the ethical fabric of our society. Opinion | When a Patient Wishes to Die, and the Law Gets in the Way 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Placing controls on cigarettes, banning physician-assisted suicide and imposing rules on greenhouse gas emitters are examples of such major action, he said. Supreme Court nominee takes hard line on federal regulations 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z With all that in mind, the website WebMD conducted a survey of New York physicians and found significant support for physician-assisted suicide with 56 percent in favor, 26 percent opposed and 19 percent neutral. Editorials from around New York 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z In 2000, Congress declared the next ten years the “Decade of Pain Control and Research,” after the Supreme Court, rejecting the idea of physician-assisted suicide as a constitutional right, recommended improvements in palliative care. The Neuroscience of Pain 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z A total of 374 people in California took their lives in 2017 using lethal medications prescribed by their doctors under the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, according to state data released Friday. 374 Californians took their lives in 2017 under physician-assisted suicide law 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z And as our $3.4 trillion national medical bill continues to rise, the economic advantages of killing rather than treating our dying citizens will be a seductive addendum to other arguments in favor of physician-assisted suicide. Opinion | When a Patient Wishes to Die, and the Law Gets in the Way 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Now, nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in a state where physician-assisted suicide is legal, according to Compassion & Choices. California appeals court reinstates law allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Jasser, who presented the resolution to maintain the term physician-assisted suicide, said he plans to vote for the association to hold firm. The American Medical Association has long opposed assisted suicide. Is that about to change? 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Nearly two years after it was enacted, California’s physician-assisted suicide law is, at least for the moment, no longer in effect. California's physician-assisted suicide law is overturned — for now 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The End of Life Option Act, which went into effect in June 2016, made the state the fifth to legalize physician-assisted suicide. 374 Californians took their lives in 2017 under physician-assisted suicide law 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In addition to being an antiabortion campaigner, Hope is a 37-year-old corporate headhunter and beekeeper, a vegetarian, a libertarian who says he is “definitely a feminist” and supports physician-assisted suicide. Ireland votes on its abortion ban, a ‘once in a generation’ decision 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Now, nearly 1 in 5 Americans lives in a state where physician-assisted suicide is legal, according to advocacy group Compassion and Choices. California attorney general appeals judge's decision to overturn physician-assisted suicide law 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The council is recommending that the Code of Medical Ethics “not be amended” and continue to refer to “physician-assisted suicide,” saying that language still “describes the practice with the greatest precision.” The American Medical Association has long opposed assisted suicide. Is that about to change? 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z A Riverside County judge overturned California's physician-assisted suicide law on Tuesday, giving the state attorney general five days to file an appeal to keep the law in place. Riverside judge overturns California's doctor-assisted suicide law 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The experience in California so far appears to be similar to that in Oregon, which became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide nearly 20 years ago. 374 Californians took their lives in 2017 under physician-assisted suicide law 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z One big issue is the Catholic Church’s prohibition of medical care it considers immoral, such as abortion, sterilization and physician-assisted suicide. Is This Hospital Takeover Permitted? Ask the Catholic Church 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Gen. Xavier Becerra on Monday filed an appeal against a judge's recent ruling overturning the state's physician-assisted suicide law. California attorney general appeals judge's decision to overturn physician-assisted suicide law 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z In most countries, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are illegal. David Goodall, 104, just took his own life, after making a powerful statement about assisted death 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Legislation to authorize and regulate physician-assisted suicide is the topic of two upcoming public hearings by the Assembly Health Committee. Capitol Watch: Special election, Nixon-Cuomo taxes 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide when voters approved a ballot measure in 1994. Hawaii becomes eighth jurisdiction where assisted suicide is legal 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in California, whose rulings overturned bans on same-sex marriage and physician-assisted suicide and declared prison overcrowding unconstitutional, died March 29 in Los Angeles. Stephen Reinhardt, liberal lion of federal judiciary in California, dies at 87 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The Hawaii Senate sent legislation legalizing physician-assisted suicide to the governor’s desk on Thursday. Hawaii assisted-suicide bill sent to governor’s desk 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Oregon was the first to legalize physician-assisted suicide with a statute that took effect in 1998. Hawaii lawmakers approve medical aid in dying for terminally ill 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The state hasn’t passed a law making physician-assisted suicide legal or illegal, and regulators have no data for how often it occurs. Hawaii lawmakers vote to legalize medically assisted suicide 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z So far, there is no effort to include physician-assisted suicide on this year’s referendum. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Several of the 9th Circuit’s rulings written by Judge Reinhardt were reversed by the Supreme Court, including a 1996 decision nullifying a Washington law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Stephen Reinhardt, liberal lion of federal judiciary in California, dies at 87 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Matt Valliere, executive director of the Patients Rights Action Fund, which opposes physician-assisted suicide, said the bill “unfairly puts vulnerable lives at risk for abuse and coercion.” Hawaii assisted-suicide bill sent to governor’s desk 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Foley is suing the government for offering physician-assisted suicide without guaranteeing that Canadians will receive proper care if they want to live instead. Canada denied care for terminal patient, offered assisted suicide: Lawsuit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Fabian Stahle, a Swedish national who opposes euthanasia, released a report this month documenting “hidden problems” in Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. Diabetics eligible for physician-assisted suicide in Oregon, state officials say 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In response to that change in policy, a group of about 25 doctors dressed in lab coats went to Beacon Hill in January to reiterate their opposition to physician-assisted suicide. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z One exception is the bishops of Colorado, who said priests must deny the sacraments and church funerals in cases of physician-assisted suicide. Catholic Hospital Group Grants Euthanasia to Mentally Ill, Defying Vatican 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Lawmakers, disability rights activists and doctors held an emotionally charged press conference Wednesday to announce the introduction of a House resolution opposing physician-assisted suicide. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Because he is a terminal patient, Mr. Foley qualifies for physician-assisted suicide under Canadian law. Canada denied care for terminal patient, offered assisted suicide: Lawsuit 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z If you’re a diabetic in Oregon and refuse treatment, you may qualify for life-ending drugs under the state’s physician-assisted suicide law. Diabetics eligible for physician-assisted suicide in Oregon, state officials say 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide in 1994, when voters approved a ballot measure. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z A man unhappy with the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare shouted down Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Republican, at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday called to discuss a House resolution opposing physician-assisted suicide. Brad Wenstrup shouted down by Obamacare supporter 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Jessica Williams from Rochester, New York, said physician-assisted suicide will disproportionately affect people with disabilities who already face challenges to receive medical care. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The legislation was modeled after the nation’s first physician-assisted suicide law, enacted in Oregon in 1997. House votes to repeal D.C.’s Death With Dignity law; Senate has yet to act 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The decision disappointed groups that have long pushed, unsuccessfully, for legislation that would permit physician-assisted suicide as an option for the terminally ill. New York appellate court upholds ban on assisted suicide 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z There has been a years-long effort to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The House introduced a bipartisan resolution on Tuesday maintaining that physician-assisted suicide “puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the health care system.” Brad Wenstrup shouted down by Obamacare supporter 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The proposed resolution would express the view of Congress that physician-assisted suicide “puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm and undermines the integrity of the health care system.” Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z In 1997, Oregon was the first U.S. state to allow physician-assisted suicide for those given six months or less to live. Euthanasia used for 4.5 percent of deaths in the Netherlands 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It legalises physician-assisted suicide, provided certain strict criteria are met. Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Legislation to authorize physician-assisted suicide is dead in Massachusetts, after the proposal was sent to a study committee late last week, effectively ending the bill’s chance at enactment this session. Physician-assisted suicide bill dies in Massachusetts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In 2002 the Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for those suffering deadly diseases or in the last stages of life. In the Netherlands, the Doctor Will Kill You Now 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Many were affiliated with the disability rights group Not Dead Yet, which opposes physician-assisted suicide. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z That effort rankled proponents of physician-assisted suicide and critics of federal intervention into District governance. Physician-assisted suicide law implemented in D.C. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The legislation was modeled after the nation’s first physician-assisted suicide law, enacted in Oregon. House Committee advances measure to block assisted suicide in D.C. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Power to allow, forbid or regulate physician-assisted suicide was never delegated to the federal government. Opinion | Hey, White House: Leave D.C. alone 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “But physician-assisted suicide will always be the cheapest option.” Insurance companies denied treatment to patients, offered to pay for assisted suicide, doctor claims 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Death With Dignity Act, which went into effect in February and made the District the seventh jurisdiction to allow physician-assisted suicide. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z New York’s highest court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a court case that seeks to authorize physician-assisted suicide - a contentious issue that appears to be going nowhere this year in the Legislature. Capitol Watch: Lawmakers break before session’s final push 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z There’s social conservatism, too, evident in his one book, a critique of death-with-dignity laws and physician-assisted suicide. Behind Neil Gorsuch’s Non-Answers 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z The two also discussed a book that Gorsuch wrote in which he opposed physician-assisted suicide and said any taking of a human life was wrong. Democrats continue to press Gorsuch for answers, but Republicans’ confidence of confirmation grows 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Emanuel, who opposes physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, countered that critics had taken a single piece of his voluminous works of writing out of context. An architect of the ACA is trying to influence Trump as GOP works to level the law 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Kimberly Hale, a woman from El Paso, Texas, who was born with cerebral palsy and suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury when she was 8, said physician-assisted suicide laws remove choices from society’s most vulnerable. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Five years ago, a Santa Fe woman with advanced cancer filed a lawsuit supported by the American Civil Liberties Union in New Mexico arguing that physician-assisted suicide was a constitutional right. Democrats push assisted suicide proposal in New Mexico 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z But Maureen Ferguson, senior policy adviser for The Catholic Association, attributed the movement’s success to a lack of education about how physician-assisted suicide harms society’s most vulnerable populations. Physician-assisted suicide movement compare campaign to gay marriage crusade 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z At the time, Michigan doctor Jack Kevorkian was making national headlines by championing the right to die for terminal patients through physician-assisted suicide. Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Washington, D.C., is now the 7th jurisdiction in the country to permit physician-assisted suicide. D.C. physician-assisted suicide law goes into effect 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z She said physician-assisted suicide laws only exacerbate the problems with the health care system. Brad Wenstrup’s D.C. physician-assisted suicide opposition draws emotional arguments 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Opponents resist the term legal aid-in-dying, deeming it instead as physician-assisted suicide. Legislators consider a bill to legalize aid-in-dying meds 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Ferguson said the success of the physician-assisted suicide movement may provoke an equal and opposite reaction. Physician-assisted suicide movement compare campaign to gay marriage crusade 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z If the law is upheld, Washington will join six states that allow physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. U.S. Representatives vote against D.C. assisted suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z If the Death with Digntiy Act withstands congressional scrutiny, the District would become the 7th jurisdiction where physician-assisted suicide is permissible. D.C. assisted-suicide law gets Republican roadblock 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Council last year made a serious error when it passed the Death With Dignity Act, legalizing physician-assisted suicide in the District. Opinion | D.C. is disregarding the sanctity of life. Congress must act. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z So, congressional Republicans want to gut D.C. policies on gun control, physician-assisted suicide and the use of D.C. tax dollars to fund abortions for poor women. Opinion | Congress: Keep your hands off D.C.’s laws 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It was a painful and unnecessary ordeal for all. Before his diagnosis, he and I followed the movement for physician-assisted suicide in the District, and we both supported it. Congress should recognize D.C. autonomy or exempt District residents from federal taxes 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Other Republican committee members said they opposed physician-assisted suicide for religious reasons. U.S. Representatives vote against D.C. assisted suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z But Wenstrup, a podiatrist and former Army combat surgeon, said Congress’s failure to intervene would amount to a “tacit federal approval” of physician-assisted suicide. Members of Congress from Ohio, Oklahoma move to block D.C.’s right-to-die law 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The American Medical Association is against physician-assisted suicide and asserts in its policy statement that such practice is “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer . . . and would pose serious societal risks.” Opinion | D.C. is disregarding the sanctity of life. Congress must act. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The legislation does not promote physician-assisted suicide, but rather the ability of the ill patient to administer medication to end his or her life. Austin man wants the choice to die on his own terms 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The American Medical Association has described physician-assisted suicide as a serious risk to society and “fundamentally incompatible with a physician’s role as healer.” 3 religion and ethics headlines for your Thursday 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z House of Representatives' Oversight Committee voted on Monday to strike down a Washington, D.C. law that would allow physician-assisted suicide there. U.S. Representatives vote against D.C. assisted suicide law 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z “When in the analysis one removes the cases of aid-in-dying physician-assisted suicide, there is no statistically significant result,” says Dr. Strauss, who will soon publish his own research on the topic. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z We need only look across the Atlantic for a view down the slippery slope of physician-assisted suicide. Opinion | D.C. is disregarding the sanctity of life. Congress must act. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Such laws are not physician-assisted suicide, but rather measures that allow someone who is terminally ill to self-administer medication that would end his life. Austin man wants the choice to die on his own terms 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Sen. Gordon Smith would later take a similar stand of conscience at the federal level, refusing to support physician-assisted suicide even though Oregon voters twice approved the process. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z He is remembered for defending Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law in the U.S. The week’s passages 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Following Oregon’s example, California, Vermont and Washington have enacted physician-assisted suicide legislation. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z He was remembered for defending Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law before federal courts, including the nation’s highest, and championing litigation against tobacco companies that brought in millions of dollars to Oregon. Former 3-time Oregon AG dies 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Omega Silva, former president of the American Medical Women’s Association, which supports physician-assisted suicide, said the measure offers a compassionate alternative for people with terminal ailments who wish to die in comfort. D.C. physician-assisted suicide law reaches mayor’s desk 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z During debate on the legislation, several council members expressed reservations with the idea of physician-assisted suicide but said they were more uncomfortable with the idea of imposing their moral views on their constituents. Physician-assisted suicide gets green light from D.C. Council 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Pointing to his own experience overcoming a terminal brain cancer diagnosis, Mr. Hanson said physician-assisted suicide laws “lead to irreparable damage for our society’s most vulnerable populations.” D.C. weighs physician-assisted suicide as ‘Death With Dignity Act’ clears first hurdle 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie, a Florida radiologist and policy adviser to The Catholic Association, says it is difficult to demonstrate statistically the relationship between physician-assisted suicide laws and the overall suicide rate. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “Supporters claim physician-assisted suicide gives patients a choice, but what sort of a choice is it when life is expensive but death is free?” Colorado Editorial Roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z A California judge on Friday refused to suspend a new state law allowing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, citing the need to protect them from pain, but he allowed a legal challenge to proceed. Judge keeps in place California law allowing physician-assisted suicide 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Colorado voters will decide in November whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under a ballot question approved on Monday, a proposal opposed by some religious and disability-rights organizations. Colorado to vote on assisted suicide in November 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Opponents of physician-assisted suicide contend it puts vulnerable populations — including the disabled, elderly and poor — at risk of being coerced into ending their lives. D.C. weighs physician-assisted suicide as ‘Death With Dignity Act’ clears first hurdle 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Suicide rates increased by 6.3 percent in states after physician-assisted suicide laws were enacted, the study found. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z In Oregon, Dr. Kenneth Stevens, an oncologist, has been fighting against physician-assisted suicide since Oregon became the first state to legalize it in 1998. Making use of California's aid-in-dying law: One man's story 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z California was the fifth U.S. state to legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients, terminology that advocates prefer over the phrase "physician-assisted suicide." Judge keeps in place California law allowing physician-assisted suicide 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z If approved, Colorado would join California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont as states that allow some form of physician-assisted suicide. Colorado to vote on assisted suicide in November 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Washington became the second state to legalize physician-assisted suicide through a 2008 ballot measure, and the Montana Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that the practice is legal there. D.C. weighs physician-assisted suicide as ‘Death With Dignity Act’ clears first hurdle 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The research does show that suicide rates in Oregon and Washington are significantly higher than the national average, but Dr. Strauss says attributing those trends to physician-assisted suicide is misleading. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Our state’s physician-assisted suicide law instantly removes penal-code protections from a vulnerable segment of the population deemed “terminally ill.” Why Are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients? 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Three other states — California, Oregon and Washington — legislatively permit physician-assisted suicide. Vermont doctors push back against assisted-suicide requirement 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z "Less than 0.5 percent of deaths in Washington state are from physician-assisted suicide," he said. Doctor-Assisted Deaths Didn't Soar After Legalization 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z California joins four other states — Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Montana — in allowing physician-assisted suicide. California Inc.: Primary voters will tackle pocketbook issues 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Dr. Christie says physician-assisted suicide laws may be especially influential because they coopt two institutions that people are brought up to trust — the law and medicine. Worry of copycats in states with assisted-suicide laws 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z On the day that physician-assisted suicide was legalized, my hospital and the other local hospitals announced that they were opting out and would not facilitate the killing of any patients. Why Are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients? 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The proposed law would restrict physician-assisted suicide to those with a terminal disease or to when death is “reasonably foreseeable,” which narrows the criteria from what the Supreme Court ruled. Canada Wrestles With Terms of Doctor-Assisted Suicide 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z "Some people think end-of-life care includes legalizing physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia; some people think it doesn't." Doctor-Assisted Deaths Didn't Soar After Legalization 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A common mistake is to link hospice care to euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Unexpected friendship forms in Kansas City hospice 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z It would apply only to people eligible for government-funded health services in Canada, meaning Americans or others seeking to travel into the country for physician-assisted suicide would be excluded. Canada Introduces Doctor-Assisted Suicide Law 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z So-called “aid-in-dying” laws are rare in the United States and often are characterized by detractors as “physician-assisted suicide,” or by supporters as “death with dignity” or “right-to-die” laws. Terminally ill Epworth woman lobbies for aid-in-dying law 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z State lawmakers adjourned a special session on health care Thursday, paving the way for the law allowing physician-assisted suicide to take effect on June 9. Terminally ill California residents will be able to legally end their lives with medication prescribed by a doctor in three months 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The main focus this year: stopping “physician-assisted suicide,” a term listed on their documents and one that proponents of the bill abhor. Agonizing over the right to die 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The issue was packed with intriguing articles that debated physician-assisted suicide, end-of-life care, statistics about death in different countries, the role of the I.C.U. Patients, and Doctors, Aren't Dying at Home 1460-03-20T05:00:00Z The court had overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide last February, putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries to make it legal. World Digest: Jan. 15, 2016 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s not just a question of whether they support physician-assisted suicide or personally would ever help end a life. Asking agonizing questions at the end of life 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He sparked the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end about 130 ailing people's lives, using the term "medicide" to describe physician-assisted suicide. Kevorkian archive opens, raising question how it may affect physician-assisted death movement 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Debates about physician-assisted suicide raise broad questions about our societal attitudes toward suicide. The dangerously contagious effect of assisted-suicide laws 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Gayle Ruzicka with the Utah Eagle Forum says that she expects a proposal to allow physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people in Utah to be re-introduced during the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 25. Utah lawmakers planning bill to defund Planned Parenthood 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The legal challenge, sparked in 2012 by a Santa Fe woman with advanced cancer, seeks to clarify New Mexico's laws barring physician-assisted suicide. New Mexico justices aggressively question both sides in physician-assisted suicide case 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Diane is having her own difficulties facing off against Louis Canning in a case about physician-assisted suicide. 'The Good Wife' recap: The sole defender of innocence 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Fuqua responded that physician-assisted suicide puts doctors in “second-degree murder territory” since it involves the prescribing of drugs to be used later. Justices grill attorneys in New Mexico assisted suicide case 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The study’s key findings show that, after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors and other state-specific issues, physician-assisted suicide is associated with a 6.3 percent increase in total suicide rates. The dangerously contagious effect of assisted-suicide laws 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The California law quadruples the share of Americans living in states where physician-assisted suicide is permitted. Californians gained the right to die, but the terminally ill who wanted it have to wait 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Fuqua responded that physician-assisted suicide puts doctors in "second-degree murder territory" since it involves the prescribing of drugs to be used later. New Mexico justices aggressively question both sides in physician-assisted suicide case 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Some will argue that most people who chose physician-assisted suicide aren’t poor, but the rich. There's Nothing Progressive About Physician-Assisted Suicide 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The legal challenge, sparked in 2012 by a Santa Fe woman with advanced cancer, seeks to clarify New Mexico’s laws barring physician-assisted suicide. Justices grill attorneys in New Mexico assisted suicide case 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Laws permitting physician-assisted suicide send a message that, under especially difficult circumstances, some lives are not worth living — and that suicide is a reasonable or appropriate way out. The dangerously contagious effect of assisted-suicide laws 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z “Instead of participating in assisted suicide, physicians must aggressively respond to the needs of patients at the end of life,” the AMA says in its guiding ethical opinion on physician-assisted suicide. Californians gained the right to die, but the terminally ill who wanted it have to wait 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Whether they call it "death with dignity" or the "corruption of the medical profession," "physician-assisted suicide" or "medical killing," those on both sides of the end-of-life debate do agree on one thing: Death With Dignity Act in Oregon: A preview of what California might expect 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But while many claim their efforts are aimed at reducing the physical pain of dying, the data suggests people choose physician-assisted suicide for other reasons. There's Nothing Progressive About Physician-Assisted Suicide 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He sparked the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end the lives of about 130 ailing people, using the term “medicide” to describe physician-assisted suicide. Assisted-suicide advocate Kevorkian’s papers open to public 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z California’s End of Life Option Act is a physician-assisted suicide bill. Physician-assisted suicide is not the answer 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Passage of the End of Life Option Act was marked by controversy over both the process and the emotionally charged issues that surround physician-assisted suicide. California’s landmark right-to-die bill 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z According to the Oregon Public Health Division's 2014 annual report, 95.2% of the patients who used physician-assisted suicide were white and nearly half had college degrees. Death With Dignity Act in Oregon: A preview of what California might expect 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Those who support physician-assisted suicide come to the table with the best of intentions. There's Nothing Progressive About Physician-Assisted Suicide 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the California Medical Association reversed its three-decade opposition to physician-assisted suicide. California passes right-to-die bill 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z A Gallup poll this year found that nearly 70 percent of Americans support physician-assisted suicide, up 10 percentage points from last year. California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Maynard’s championing of physician-assisted suicide raised its profile in a number of places, including the District, that are considering legislation like Oregon’s. California’s landmark right-to-die bill 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z In August, however, the New Mexico Court of Appeals struck down a decision by a lower court that had essentially established physician-assisted suicide by deeming it “a fundamental liberty interest.” California assisted-suicide bill puts spotlight on Jerry Brown’s personal beliefs 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z But physician-assisted suicide—which could put undue pressure on the poor, the lonely, and the excluded—isn’t the way to achieve this. There's Nothing Progressive About Physician-Assisted Suicide 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Gawande barely touches on physician-assisted suicide, but it would fall under his prescription for “better and earlier conversations with people about what matters at the end of life.” Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z After decades of opposing physician-assisted suicide, the California Medical Association switched its position this year, adopting a neutral stance and stressing that the decision was a personal one for doctors and patients to make. California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The California bill makes it a felony to pressure someone into physician-assisted suicide. California assisted suicide bill to be heard in special session 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Some five years ago this newspaper described the wrenching experience that Rod Gramson of Astoria had in helping his partner use physician-assisted suicide. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Yet physician-assisted suicide is covered by the state and our collective tax dollars. A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The impact of making physician-assisted suicide legal continues to be scrutinized by the global medical community, ethicists, lawmakers and the public. Euthanasia Rises in Belgium’s Flanders Region 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z “For us, the issue of physician-assisted suicide involves fundamental questions of human dignity and social justice.” Catholic Church gets win in liberal California Legislature 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Currently, Oregon, Washington and Vermont have laws allowing physician-assisted suicide. John Jay Hooker pleads for physician-assisted suicide 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The number of Oregonians who have used physician-assisted suicide is relatively small. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z As a society we should continue to reject the legalization of physician-assisted suicide as a solution to suffering. A Doctor-Assisted Disaster for Medicine 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z After Maynard was diagnosed as terminally ill at 29, she moved from California to Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide is legal, and died there because California forbids the practice. California Medical Association drops opposition to doctor-assisted suicide 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, the association condemned voluntary active euthanasia by physicians as unethical and unacceptable, and opposed physician-assisted suicide clinics. Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The American Medical Association still says that “physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” Doctors Take the Lead in Right-to-Die Lawsuits 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law continues to be an object of misinformation. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Indeed, that was the message of Senator Ted Kennedy’s widow as she campaigned against physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts in 2012. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada cleared the way for physician-assisted suicide there. California bill that would allow assisted suicide passes Senate panel 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Under House Bill 477, “physician-assisted suicide” would become a crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a $50,000 fine, or both. House endorses right-to-die bill allowing doctor prosecution 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z He conducted research into physician-assisted suicide, rationing of medical care and social disparities in health conditions and care. John D. Arras, Medical Care Philosopher, Is Dead at 69 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Oregon voters agreed to death with dignity legislation - physician-assisted suicide - in 1994. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z This is not surprising: The arguments for physician-assisted suicide are equally arguments for euthanasia. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Following criticism from NPR’s ombudsman and concern from top public radio officials, Diane Rehm has agreed to stop attending fundraising dinners for Compassion & Choices, a group advocating for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Following criticism, NPR host Diane Rehm scales back efforts in right-to-die debate 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the Canadian Supreme Court overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide, signaling a western government’s embrace of changes to the law. New York lawmakers introduce 'Death with Dignity' bill 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide on February 6, 2015. Many Dutch Doctors OK With Euthanasia for Nonphysical Suffering 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Dr. Toffler is accurate in saying that Oregon voters narrowly approved physician-assisted suicide. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But legalizing physician-assisted suicide would be a grave mistake. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The Canadian Supreme Court last week overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide, signaling western government’s embrace of changes to the law. California leukemia patient sues state for right to die 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z On February 6, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a ban on physician-assisted suicide, joining Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland on the list of Western countries where euthanasia is fully legal. Choosing to Die: The Netherlands' Euthanasia Debate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Those who oppose physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia say the Dutch survey results are troubling, though unsurprising. Many Dutch Doctors OK With Euthanasia for Nonphysical Suffering 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Parliament has previously rejected several attempts to legalize physician-assisted suicide through bills brought by its members. Top court says Canadians have right to die, strikes down ban 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z As explained in The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder “Always Care, Never Kill,” physician-assisted suicide is bad policy for four reasons: Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Nonetheless when all factors are considered, I believe physician-assisted suicide should be permitted, provided that there are appropriate legal safeguards to protect patients and physicians. Does Your Right To Life Include The Right To Die? 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Five states currently permit “aid in dying,” as advocates prefer to call laws that have commonly been referred to as physician-assisted suicide. ‘Death With Dignity’ laws are proposed, bringing national debate to D.C. and Md. 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z "We don't call it physician-assisted suicide. It's not suicide. These people don't want to die. They want to live but the disease is killing them." In Colorado, terminally ill man's public letter spurs lawmakers to act 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The Oregon health plan made things worse in this case, however, by offering to cover drugs for the woman’s physician-assisted suicide, if she wanted it. Forbidden Topic in Health Policy Debate: Cost Effectiveness 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Citizens and policymakers need to resist the push by pressure groups, academic elites, and the media to sanction physician-assisted suicide. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Democrats tended to be more supportive of right-to-die legislation, but 56 percent of Republicans said they favor voluntary euthanasia and 63 percent favor physician-assisted suicide. Most Americans Agree With Right-to-Die Movement 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Conference of Catholic Bishops spoke out against physician-assisted suicide in 2011, saying legalization would prompt a “radical change” in society. ‘Death With Dignity’ laws are proposed, bringing national debate to D.C. and Md. 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Days after Maynard’s Nov. 1 death at age 29, the Vatican’s top bioethics official called her choice “reprehensible” and said physician-assisted suicide should be condemned. Right-to-die advocate’s mom blasts Vatican remarks 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Days after Maynard's Nov. 2 death at age 29, the Vatican's top bioethics official called her choice "reprehensible" and said physician-assisted suicide should be condemned. Right-to-die advocate's mom blasts Vatican remarks 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z By the same token, physician-assisted suicide threatens to fundamentally distort the doctor–patient relationship because it reduces patients’ trust of doctors and doctors’ undivided commitment to the life and health of their patients. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z In addition, more than 50 percent of Catholic voters said they support physician-assisted suicide, and 70 percent said they support stem cell research. Poll: U.S. Catholics oppose religious health care exemptions on birth control 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Would they, given the right circumstances and if they lived in the states where physician-assisted suicide has been legalized, have considered ending, or chosen to end, their lives earlier in their journey? Genetic Testing Raises Difficult Ethical Issues in the Right-to-Die Debate 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Moreover, however sympathetic to Ms. Maynard and her family, opponents of what they call “physician-assisted suicide” will hardly evaporate. A New Face on the End-of-Life Debate 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Some religious groups and others opposed to physician-assisted suicide said they still objected. Brittany Maynard dead; right to die widely supported, and widely illegal 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z No natural right to physician-assisted suicide exists, and arguments for such a right are incoherent: A legal system that allows assisted suicide abandons the natural right to life of all its citizens. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The issue of physician-assisted suicide is not new, but Maynard's youth and vitality before she became ill brought the discussion to a younger generation. Terminally ill woman in Oregon takes own life 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The terminally ill woman who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Law. Terminally ill ‘death with dignity’ advocate dies 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The debate over physician-assisted suicide is not new, but Maynard’s youth and vitality before she became ill brought the discussion to a younger generation. ‘Death with dignity’ advocate Brittany Maynard dies in Oregon 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z The American Medical Association’s official policy is that physician-assisted suicide is “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” The Brittany Maynard effect: How she is changing the debate on assisted dying Instead of embracing physician-assisted suicide, we should respond to suffering with true compassion and solidarity. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The terminally ill woman who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under Oregon's law that allows terminally ill people to end their lives. Terminally ill woman in Oregon takes own life 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The issue of physician-assisted suicide is not new, but Maynard’s youth and vitality before she became ill brought the discussion to a younger generation. Terminally ill ‘death with dignity’ advocate dies 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Dr. William Toffler, national director of Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation, which opposes physician-assisted suicide, said the idea of dying with dignity sends a mixed message. Oregon woman’s assisted-suicide decision sparks debate over ‘death with dignity’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Other advocacy groups also call to replace “physician-assisted suicide” with euphemisms like “aid-in dying,” “dying with dignity,” “right to die,” and “compassionate dying.” Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate: Are We Using The Right Language? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z At least 18 states across the country are considering whether to allow physician-assisted suicide. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z By asking physicians to participate in physician-assisted suicide, it is an antithetical request for patients to ask in order for them to “end their pain and suffering.” Doctor-assisted death: It is unethical 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z A diagnosis of terminal cancer uproots one’s whole life, and the decision to pursue physician-assisted suicide seeks to grasp at an ounce of control in the midst of turmoil. Dear Brittany Maynard: Our Lives Are Worth Living, Even With Brain Cancer 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z That Maynard is a pretty 29-year-old newlywed using her personal tragedy to broaden support for such laws provokes and rankles foes of physician-assisted suicide. ‘Death with Dignity’ law is least slippery slope 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The language used to describe physician-assisted suicide is directly correlated with support or opposition to the practice. Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate: Are We Using The Right Language? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Legalizing physician-assisted suicide, however, would be a grave mistake, as explained in a new Heritage Foundation report. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z According to a study conducted by the World Medical Association, 67 percent of doctors oppose physician-assisted suicide. Doctor-assisted death: It is unethical 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Whether you call it death with dignity or end-of-life autonomy or physician-assisted suicide, the controversy over allowing someone control over how they die raises tough legal questions. The call: Death with dignity 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z A 29-year-old terminally-ill woman in Oregon defended in a new interview Tuesday her decision to forgo aggressive cancer treatment in favor of physician-assisted suicide. Terminally Ill Woman Explains Her Decision to Die 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z She and her husband moved from California to Oregon, one of five US states where physician-assisted suicide is permissible. A cancer patient's decision to die 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Moreover, the option of physician-assisted suicide would provide perverse incentives for insurance providers and the public and private financing of health care. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Jovial and direct, Laury is a native of the Netherlands, the first country to legalize physician-assisted suicide in 2001 and the catalyst for starting this first death cafe in Florida. Death Cafes allow end-of-life discussions 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z My friend would not have been a candidate for physician-assisted suicide had it been legal in her state. When a friend asks you to help her die Greene explores thorny issues, such as physician-assisted suicide, abortion and capital punishment, through the lens of moral tribalism. MIND Reviews: Moral Tribes 2014-04-04T13:00:00Z She says, however, that public policy on physician-assisted suicide shouldn't be centred around "hard" cases like hers and Ms Maynard's. A cancer patient's decision to die 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z People seeking physician-assisted suicide typically suffer from depression or other mental illnesses, as well as simply from loneliness. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Compared with the United States, where euthanasia is banned and physician-assisted suicide is allowed in only five states — including Washington and Oregon — Europe is relatively more permissive. Belgian lawmakers extend euthanasia to children 2014-02-14T17:00:11Z Compared with the United States, where euthanasia is banned and physician-assisted suicide is allowed in only four states — Washington, Oregon, Montana and Vermont — Europe is relatively more permissive. Belgian lawmakers extend euthanasia to children 2014-02-14T02:03:04Z Compared with the United States, where euthanasia is banned and physician-assisted suicide is allowed in only four states, Europe is relatively more permissive. Belgium Close to Enacting Sick-Child Euthanasia Law 2014-02-13T21:17:53Z Ms Maynard says she plans to record video testimony for the California legislature, which is considering a similar physician-assisted suicide law. A cancer patient's decision to die 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Pentobarbital is used for physician-assisted suicide in Europe. Texas experimenting with secret execution drugs -lawsuit 2013-10-02T20:50:33Z Texas switched to pentobarbital, a barbiturate that is the drug of choice for physician-assisted suicide in Europe, when supplies of sodium thiopental, previously used by the state in its three-drug execution mix, were cut off. Texas is running out of execution drug pentobarbital 2013-08-02T00:03:10Z Lord Falconer's bill aims to legalise physician-assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill and mentally capable. Peer to table assisted dying bill 2013-05-15T00:33:23Z Similar bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide have been introduced in seven U.S. states: Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire and New Jersey, according to the Death with Dignity National Center. Vermont set to become third U.S. state to allow assisted suicide 2013-05-14T15:15:45Z It is also one of only two states — Oregon is the other — where voters have approved a physician-assisted suicide law for terminally ill people. Hospital Mergers in Northwest Raise Issue of Abortion Barriers 2013-05-13T00:23:51Z Last November, voters in Massachusetts narrowly defeated a measure legalizing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states 2013-02-08T10:46:04Z Data from the two states where physician-assisted suicide is legal shows that "slippery-slope" fears are probably overblown. The New Old Age Blog: How the 'Death With Dignity' Law Failed in Massachusetts 2012-12-06T11:53:36Z Massachusetts was considering whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for people with terminal illnesses. In California, a Tight Battle Over Tax Initiative 2012-11-07T09:00:26Z Caplan said medicine has made improvements in the area of palliative care, and some states allow for physician-assisted suicide, Washington, Oregon and Montana among them. Hospital shooting illustrates end-of-life issues, experts say 2012-08-10T23:17:03Z Currently physician-assisted suicide is permitted only in Oregon, Washington and Montana. Assisted Suicide Activist Peter Goodwin's Final Interview 2012-03-15T17:05:42Z In recent years, the country's rates of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have risen slightly, but still account for less than 3 percent of all deaths. Briton with locked-in syndrome wants right to die 2012-01-23T11:56:09Z On other matters, the bishops also adopted a strongly worded statement against physician-assisted suicide, and heard updates about their multimedia campaign against same-sex marriage. Catholic Bishops Uphold 2002 Sex Abuse Policy 2011-06-17T03:08:52Z The bishops approved a separate statement, "To Live Each Day With Dignity," that lays out the U.S. church's case against physician-assisted suicide. U.S. Catholic bishops approve shifts in abuse policy 2011-06-16T19:17:38Z They face serious opposition by groups that reject physician-assisted suicide for reasons that include religious belief and concern that such laws would open the door to forced euthanasia. News Analysis: A Polarizing Figure in End-of-Life Debates 2011-06-05T00:18:22Z The Australian Medical Association also issued a statement that physician-assisted suicide was unethical. Australia's Dr. Death Lobbies for Euthanasia Down Under 2011-05-17T04:45:00Z Oregon and Washington are the only two states with laws on the books legalizing physician-assisted suicide for people with incurable, fatal illnesses. 91-year-old stands by "exit kits" despite suicide furor 2011-05-12T23:28:46Z It has also been used in physician-assisted suicide in Oregon and in Europe. What?s in a Lethal Injection ?Cocktail?? 2011-04-09T16:06:45Z The bishops' statement said physician-assisted suicide laws provided excuses for denying medical care, and would be applied as a substitute for palliative care. U.S. Catholic bishops approve shifts in abuse policy 2011-06-16T19:17:38Z However, a new study shows a major stakeholder in terminal illness — hospices — rarely participate in physician-assisted suicide. Oregon hospices uneasy with physician-assisted suicide 2010-09-14T16:19:00Z The report is based on data collected over 10 months, beginning in March 2009, when Washington became the second state, after Oregon, to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At Least 36 Died in Washington State in 2009 Under New Assisted Suicide Law 2010-03-05T02:20:00Z The BMA said it believed the ongoing improvement in palliative care allowed patients to die with dignity and physician-assisted suicide and voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia should not be made legal in the UK. 2010-02-01T15:20:00Z |
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