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Recent Examples of assisted suicide
Disability advocates already must fight harder against a system that views their lives as worth less than others, and assisted suicide firmly places a target on their backs.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
New Zealand legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2021 for terminally ill patients aged 18 and older.
—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
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
New Zealand legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2021 for terminally ill patients aged 18 and older.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisted suicide
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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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Susan told Dateline the family also strongly believes there was foul play in Kevin’s disappearance.Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 5 Nov. 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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Additionally, authorities say Gonzalez-Nunez associated himself with Norteño gang members who were responsible for murders around the area.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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That changed in February, when the state located the necessary drugs and planned to execute Thomas Creech, who was convicted of five murders in three states.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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