Eight peers of the House of Lords with nursing and medical backgrounds are urging MPs to continue to support urgent law ...

The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die. In this conversation with Reason's Kevin Alexander, Engelhart discusses why people ...

As concerns about legalising voluntary assisted dying recede, pressure to broaden eligibility is likely to grow. To assess ...

The House of Commons narrowly passed the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on June 20, a significant step toward legalizing assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill must still pass through ...

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With New York’s Medical Aid in Dying law set to take effect in August, state health officials have released proposed ...

Doctor-assisted death is portrayed as a rapid, peaceful and comfortable death, yet potential complications are a recognized ...

Michigan lawmakers are considering bills to allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

The private members' bill has officially run out of time to become law. But supporters think they can debate it again in a matter of weeks. The assisted dying bill has officially run out of road. The ...

BUDAPEST — Only a handful of European countries have legislation in place that decriminalizes the act of physician-assisted dying for certain patients, such as those who are terminally ill. But in ...