Assisted Suicide Now Legal in California
On Monday, California became the fifth state to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, bringing an end to decades of moral and legislative debate.
In Belgium, Doctors Will Help You Kill Yourself if You're Depressed
Right now in Belgium, if you wanted to die, a team of doctors would be there to help you. You need not have a terminal illness, or be necessarily anywhere close to the end of your life. You could be depressed or suffering from anxiety or any number of psychological ailments and that would be enough to constitute…
Deaf Twins Pick Euthanasia Over Going Blind; Couldn't Bear Not Seeing Each Other
Deaf twin brothers Marc and Eddy Verbessem of Belgium decided to end their lives in tandem rather than go blind.
Dutch Killing Squads Will Make Housecalls If You Ask Nicely
A Dutch group called the Levenseindekliniek (Life-End Clinic) announced plans to roll out a mobile euthanasia team starting this week.
Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian Dead at 83 With No Assistance
Jack Kevorkian, the physician and assisted-suicide advocate who claimed to have helped 130 people kill themselves and served eight years in prison for second degree murder after letting a 60 Minutes crew film a suicide, died last night the old-fashioned way: from a blood clot.
Doctor-Assisted Suicide is the Issue That Divides Us Most
In these rapidly changing times, it's almost comforting to know that some issues can still divide the country right down the middle. Gallup has conducted its 2011 Values and Beliefs poll, which presented a sample of Americans with 17 controversial issues facing the nation today — everything from "wearing fur" (56%…
It's Still OK to Kill Yourself in Switzerland
In a landslide vote yesterday, the Swiss decided to keep in place a 1941 law that allows assisted suicide, as well "suicide tourism" for foreigners. Conservatives and evangelical religious figures in the country tried to have the practice banned through a referendum. Liberal and even some right wing parties opposed…
36 Died in Washington Under Suicide Law
36 people died last year under Washington's assisted-suicide law. Good. That's what it's there for.
