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Recent Examples of assisted suicide
The practice of doctor assisted suicide is growing in the west.
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Other countries that have legalized assisted suicide include Australia, Belgium, Canada and parts of the United States, with regulations on who is eligible varying by jurisdiction.
—Brian Melley and Pan Pylas The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Both organizations advocate for the right to assisted suicide.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2002, the Netherlands legalised both assisted suicide and, in a world first, euthanasia.
—The Week, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Other countries that have legalized assisted suicide include Australia, Belgium, Canada and parts of the United States, with regulations on who is eligible varying by jurisdiction.
—Brian Melley and Pan Pylas The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Both organizations advocate for the right to assisted suicide.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2002, the Netherlands legalised both assisted suicide and, in a world first, euthanasia.
—The Week, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisted suicide
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While this was a funeral rite for some in the Roman period, the researchers think the man was decapitated as a mercy killing after the lion bite.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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If the mercy killing wasn’t a big enough of a twist, the introduction of three outsiders who stumble upon the girls’ cannibalistic feast will do it.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Catholic Church is among the most prominent global opponents against euthanasia, and high-ranking clerics across the nation launched a campaign to sway parliamentarians against the bill.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2025
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Suicide and euthanasia are never morally acceptable options.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2025
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Police suspect foul play, but power was eventually restored at the festival, which has an independent power supply ready to go.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
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The Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday that detectives do not suspect foul play, pending an autopsy.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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After being arrested at the end of season two during her wedding for the murder of Cynthia’s (Sabrina Grdevich) husband, Tom, Georgia is now on trial for her life in the show’s third installment.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2025
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The second murder trial of Karen Read resumed Friday with testimony from a defense accident reconstruction witness, after the trial took a one-day pause due to sweltering heat in the Massachusetts court room.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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