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  2. Euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    Many non-Catholic churches in the United States take a stance against euthanasia. Among Protestant denominations, the Episcopal Church passed a resolution in 1991 opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide stating that it is "morally wrong and unacceptable to take a human life to relieve the suffering caused by incurable illnesses."

  3. Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Debates about the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide date from ancient Greece and Rome. After the development of ether, physicians began advocating the use of anesthetics to relieve the pain of death. In 1870, Samuel Williams first proposed using anesthetics and morphine to intentionally end a patient's life.

  4. Assisted suicide in the United States - Wikipedia

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    From 2015 to 2017, an End of Life Option Act was introduced each year, but each year withdrawn without a vote. In 2019, the reintroduced act was brought to a vote. It passed the House 74–66, but failed in the Senate with a tie 23–23. In 2020, the act was once again introduced but subsequently set aside due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  5. Right to die - Wikipedia

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    The right to die is a concept based on the opinion that human beings are entitled to end their lives or undergo voluntary euthanasia.Possession of this right is often bestowed with the understanding that a person with a terminal illness, or in incurable pain has access to assisted suicide.

  6. Organ donation after medical assistance in dying - Wikipedia

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    Popular demand has furthered the development of the combined procedure, known in English-speaking countries as "organ and tissue donation and transplantation after medical assistance in dying (OTDT after MAiD)" and in Europe as "organ donation after euthanasia (ODE)". By 2020 MAiD by intravenous injection had been legalized in 8 countries and ...

  7. Legality of euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    In Mexico, active euthanasia is illegal but since 7 January 2008 the law allows the terminally ill —or closest relatives, if unconscious— to refuse medication or further medical treatment to extend life (also known as passive euthanasia) in Mexico City, [39] in the central state of Aguascalientes (since 6 April 2009) [40] and, since 1 ...

  8. Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and ... - AOL

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    The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that reject God’s plan ...

  9. Society for the Right to Die - Wikipedia

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    The Euthanasia Society of America was founded on January 16, 1938, to promote euthanasia. [1] It was co-founded by Charles Francis Potter and Ann Mitchell. [2] Alice Naumberg (mother of Ruth P. Smith) also helped found the group. [3] The group initially supported both voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. [4]