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In September, debates about the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide took off in the Montana Supreme Court in Helena. A panel of ethicists and professors discussed the issue in the Gallagher Business Building Monday night.
MANATEE — Every Thursday, staff members from the Humane Society of Manatee County drop by the county pound to select dogs and cats to put up for adoption.
For a theater department at a college the best of all possible worlds is finding a play that can be educational without preaching to an audience. With that in mind, it appears Russell Sage College in Troy has struck gold this week as it offers the provocative and entertaining "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
School officials tell parents to watch for signs of sadness, behavior changes in wake of Forest Park suicides
An elderly British couple who wrote a letter to the BBC criticizing UK laws on assisted suicides have been found dead at their home.
WOODBRIDGE — Police say two Forest Park High School students found dead Monday in Triangle had agreed to commit suicide.
A teenage girl who apparently died as part of a suicide pact with her boyfriend in Prince William County formerly lived in Stafford County and attended Stafford High School. Desiree M. Patrick, 17, died along with her boyfriend, Quirinius S. Williams, 18, Monday, according to Prince William police....
The mother of a chronically ill baby has defended her court battle with the child's father to have his life support machine turned off.
Police say Desiree Patrick, 17, and Quirinius Williams, 18, died in an apparent suicide pact.
OTTAWA, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian minister who supports euthanasia said he would not support a right-to-die bill, saying it could worsen matters for the severely disabled or ill.
Q. I am in hospice. They have let me have my cat with me here, but I know when I pass he is going to be heartsick. He will not adjust well to any new situation: he's 19, arthritic, blind in one eye. ...
On Monday the practice of euthanasia became legal in the Netherlands, making it the first country to allow this process for the terminally ill. The Dutch, known for their socially progressive policies, have allowed mercy killings to take place for nearly two decades.
By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken announced yesterday that he had asked the Toledo Area Humane Society to help reduce euthanasia rates and boost adoptions at the county dog pound. “The proposal would provide an opportunity for the humane society to review all nonvicious dogs impounded in the dog warden department after the 3 [day] and 14-day holding ...
Switzerland announced plans this week to crack down on suicide tourism," signalling that it might close the Dignitas clinic that has helped hundreds of terminally ill people to take their lives.
Foreign abusers force Swiss to consider tighter assisted suicide laws.
It has long been the final destination for terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, offering what many consider to be a dignified way out of their suffering.
