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  2. Assisted suicide - Wikipedia

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    Assisted suicide (also called medical assistance in dying (MAID), assisted dying, or physician-assisted suicide (PAS)) describes the process by which a person, with the help of others, takes drugs to end their life. [1] [2] This medical practice is an end-of-life measure for a person suffering a painful, terminal illness. [3]

  3. Assisted suicide in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first significant drive to legalize assisted suicide in the United States arose in the early twentieth century. In a 2004 article in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Brown University historian Jacob M. Appel documented extensive political debate over legislation to legalize physician-assisted death in Iowa and Ohio in 1906.

  4. Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Assisted suicide is legal in ten jurisdictions in the US: Washington, D.C. [2] and the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico, Maine, [3] New Jersey, [4] Hawaii, and Washington. [5] The status of assisted suicide is disputed in Montana, though currently authorized per the Montana Supreme Court's ruling in Baxter v.

  5. Will NY approve medically assisted suicide? What ... - AOL

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    The medical aid in dying act — the latest in a series of physician-assisted suicide bills proposed since 2015 — has gained momentum in recent weeks after a top physician trade group in New ...

  6. Vermont Becomes First State to Open Assisted Suicide to ... - AOL

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    Vermont removed its residency requirement for assisted suicide, officially opening the door for any American to travel to the state to end their life.

  7. Exit (right-to-die organisation) - Wikipedia

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    Exit is a not-for-profit, pro-euthanasia organisation based in Scotland that lobbies for and provides information about voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.It has particularly focused on research and publication of works which provide information about suicide methods, including How to Die With Dignity, the first book published on the subject.

  8. Stephen Hawking says he would consider assisted suicide - AOL

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    Stephen Hawking has dedicated his life to advancing science while suffering from ALS. He recently revealed in a BBC interview that he would consider assisted suicide under certain circumstances.

  9. List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide

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    Assisted suicide is legal in Austria, [12] [13] Belgium, [14] Canada, [15] Luxembourg, [16] the Netherlands, [17] New Zealand, [18] Spain [19] and Switzerland. [20] This list contains notable people who have died via either legal voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide. The criterion for notability is an article on the individual in the ...