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New Zealand legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2021 for terminally ill patients aged 18 and older.
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Devika Rao, theweek, 8 May 2024
Others express moral opposition to assisted suicide and say there are no safeguards to protect vulnerable patients from coercion.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
Ten states allow medically assisted suicide but before Vermont changed its law only one state - Oregon - allowed non-residents to do it, by not enforcing the residency requirement as part of a court settlement.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
The agency responsible for monitoring assisted suicides in Quebec issued a similar reminder over the summer.
—Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
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Devika Rao, theweek, 8 May 2024
Others express moral opposition to assisted suicide and say there are no safeguards to protect vulnerable patients from coercion.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
Ten states allow medically assisted suicide but before Vermont changed its law only one state - Oregon - allowed non-residents to do it, by not enforcing the residency requirement as part of a court settlement.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
The agency responsible for monitoring assisted suicides in Quebec issued a similar reminder over the summer.
—Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
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DJ Anne Harris is largely focused on mercy killing her relationship with Siobhan for Siobhan’s own good.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2021
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The doctor carried out the mercy killing with her family’s consent and support.Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
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At Venice, Almodóvar spoke passionately in defence of euthanasia.Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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Over the last couple of years, the poultry industry — in its efforts to stamp out the spread of bird flu — has killed tens of millions of animals by closing vents and cranking up the heat so the birds slowly die by heatstroke, the most cost-effective, and cruelest, form of mass euthanasia.Kenny Torrella, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
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The sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit opened an investigation into the death and reported no evidence of foul play, Davis said.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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According to medical examiner and police records, there were no signs of foul play.Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2024
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The defendant was Jackie Wilson, whose infamous case was critical to unveiling systemic practices of torture within the Chicago Police Department, and he was being tried for a third time for murder in the slayings of Chicago police Officers William Fahey and Richard O’Brien.Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Comic book fans have noted that Sofia has certain similarities to the Joker, having acquired a taste for murder after staying in Arkham Asylum and even seducing her therapist, Dr. Julian Rush (Theo Rossi).Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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