Lawyers

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  Woman Forced Terminally Ill Husband to Take 'Cocktail of Medications' Because She 'Couldn't Take It Anymore': Prosecutors

  A woman is accused of murdering her terminally ill husband, stating she "couldn't take it anymore," after allegedly injecting an overdose of his medication.

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  Church of England Warns About Proposal To Legalize Assisted Suicide In UK

  Lawmakers in the U.K. are set to revisit the contentious subject of assisted suicide after a member of Parliament introduced a bill to allow the practice for terminally ill people in England and Wales.

• New York Judges Rule to Refuse Assisted Suicide in New York State

  Panel of judges in New York Appellate Division in Manhattan found there is no consitutional right to assisted suicide. Therefore, judges rejected to allow doctor-assisted suicide in New York State filed by the plaintiffs.

• France passes benchmark bill allowing terminal sedation, not euthanasia

  France’ conservative MP says suffering patients will be allowed to get sleep, soothed, and serene at the end of their lives. These are the provisions of the medicated death bill.

• Quebec’s Assisted-Dying Law Proceeds with Top Court Approval; Upholds Terminally-Ill Patients’ Dignity

  Assisted-suicide law get a go signal from Court of Appeal. Quebecers happy with the court's decision.

• California governor signs bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide

  Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, despite intense opposition from some religious and disability rights groups.

• California assisted suicide bill advances in special session

  A controversial bill to allow physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in California passed a key legislative committee on Tuesday, after failing in the legislature earlier this summer amid opposition from the Catholic Church.

• Record numbers sign up to Swiss right-to-die organization

  A Swiss organization that helps people take their own lives and defends their right to refuse medical treatment says its membership reached a record high last year after a 20 percent surge in requests to join.

• Colorado lawmakers vote down assisted suicide bill

  After 10 hours of emotional testimony and debate, Colorado lawmakers late on Friday voted down a proposed assisted-suicide law that would have allowed terminally-ill patients to end their lives with prescription drugs.

• California lawmakers introduce Oregon-style assisted suicide bill

  California lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to legalize assisted suicide in the most populous U.S. state, an effort tearfully welcomed by a woman whose daughter moved to Oregon last year to avail herself of a death-with-dignity law there.

• Vatican official condemns Maynard assisted suicide case in U.S.

  A Vatican bioethics official on Tuesday condemned the death by assisted suicide of American Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill 29-year-old who ended her life over the weekend, as an undignified "absurdity".