
A middle aged socialite who wants to end her life because it has lost its “sparkle” has been granted the right to die by a British court. The judge ruling on the case admitted that his decision would be controversial, but said
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Dec 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

California Governor Jerry Brown approved legislation providing death-inducing drugs the week before vetoing legislation that would have allowed terminally ill Californians to seek certain life-saving drugs.
by Michelle Moons14 Oct 2015, 10:19 PM PST0

California became the fifth state to enact right-to-die legislation when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law on Monday.
by Daniel Nussbaum6 Oct 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

A prominent right-to-die group was ordered Monday to pay nearly $33,000 to the family of a Minnesota woman it helped commit suicide.
by Breitbart News25 Aug 2015, 9:13 AM PST0

The parents of a French man left in a coma have vowed to fight a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that his life support machine should be turned off. The Catholic couple have insisted that their son Vincent
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jun 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

An assisted suicide bill which would allow physicians in California to administer lethal drugs to mentally competent, terminally ill patients to accelerate their deaths, passed the first of two state Senate committee panels on Wednesday. The hearing was an emotional one, and legislators heard starkly opposing views.
by Adelle Nazarian27 Mar 2015, 12:00 AM PST0

In California, advocates for overturning the federal ban on the right to die are adopting a strategy used by right-to-die advocates across the nation; they are filing suit against the state in which they reside.
by William Bigelow18 Feb 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Just over a decade on from assisted dying being legalised in the Netherlands, as many as 1 in 33 Dutch people are thought to have died this way, including 650 babies a year, euthanized so that their parents don’t have
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Jan 2015, 4:12 AM PST0