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Recent Examples of assisted suicide
Marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, voting procedures and school curriculum are additional examples of issues where states have set their own policies.
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Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
Canada under Trudeau expanded the culture of death to adults as well, legalizing medically assisted suicide in 2016 and then expanding the situations in which it is permitted in 2021.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The practice of doctor assisted suicide is growing in the west.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
Canada under Trudeau expanded the culture of death to adults as well, legalizing medically assisted suicide in 2016 and then expanding the situations in which it is permitted in 2021.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The practice of doctor assisted suicide is growing in the west.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisted suicide
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Kelson teaches Spike how to grow beyond his parents, giving Isla a mercy killing and allowing Spike to place her skull on the top of the structure.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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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
Noun
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In the latter two countries, even children may request euthanasia.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
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Grants further empower them to rescue pets across Texas, as evidenced by the recent arrival of 30 dogs from South Texas facing euthanasia earlier this month.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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There were no obvious signs of trauma or immediate indication the man was the victim of foul play.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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The memo accompanied the release of 10 hours of prison footage from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was housed on the day of his death, Aug. 10, 2019 — an effort the DOJ made to prove its claims that his death was a result of suicide, rather than foul play.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
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He was sentenced to death in Idaho in 2024 after being convicted of murder in the deaths of Tylee, JJ and his ex-wife, Tammy Daybell.—
Jenna Sundel
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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The two had been convicted in 2006 of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jonathan Gleason, 17; Michelle Nathan, 19; Erin Belanger, 22; Roberto Gonzalez, 28; Francisco Ayo Roman, 30; and Anthony Vega, 34.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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