New York is poised to become the largest U.S. state to authorize assisted dying. Pro-assisted dying group Death with ...

It is long overdue for state legislatures and state courts across the country to recognize, by statute and under state constitutions, a right to death with dignity. The compelling story of 29-year-old ...

The question of whether assisted suicide should be legal is nothing new. In fact, one of the key arguments in support of this sort of suicide — deliberate, planned and rational — dates back over 260 ...

Around Maine, people are gathering to talk about the kind of death they want for their loved ones and themselves.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- "Suffering is not worthless, and our lives are not our own to take." With those words published in an online essay, Catholic seminarian Philip Johnson places himself in the middle of ...

Despite legal recognition of the right to die with dignity and the use of advance medical directives or ‘living wills’ as an ...

Death-with-dignity group builds assisted-suicide billboard ad. July 19, 2010— -- Mixed in among the billboards for radio stations and fast food restaurants are controversial roadside ads ...

Maynard reached out to another death with dignity advocate. — -- Brittany Maynard, the cancer patient who battled for the right to die with dignity last month, sent out an email to a woman she ...

Dear Mr. Premack: I have lived here in Texas my whole life and am a strong conservative who believes that government should stay out of my business. Too bad for me, I’ve been diagnosed with a ...

By remaining silent on such a crucial issue concerning the terminally ill patients, the union government is trying to ...

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