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Australia's Dr. Death Lobbies for Euthanasia Down Under
When Jane was diagnosed with a muscle-wasting disease five years ago, she was active, physically healthy and had a full-time job. Today, the 70-year-old, who has...
Jack Kevorkian, Euthanasia Advocate Dies
A lawyer and friend of Jack Kevorkian says the assisted suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83. Mayer Morganroth tells The...
A TV Confession Reignites Britain's Euthanasia Debate
Not since Robin Hood has a local hero given the Nottinghamshire authorities quite such a headache as the one induced by TV presenter and resident Ray Gosling. In...
Foolproofing Suicide with Euthanasia Test Kits
When someone with a terminal illness decides to end his or her life by overdosing on barbiturates, they may hope the drugs will lull them into a peaceful and...
Luxembourg's Monarch Steps Back On Euthanasia Bill
The 20th century was not good to Europe's once mighty kings and queens. Old World royals lost most of their monarchical mojo, with their powers now limited to...
Making a Case for Euthanasia
Chantal Sebire knows she's forcing people to make an agonizing decision, but agony is something she knows far too much about. The 52- year-old...
French Euthanasia Case Rumbles On
Very few people could have looked upon [XREF {/time/world/article/0,8599,1724062,00.html} {Chantal Sebire}] at the end of her life and not understood why the...
When Is Sedation Really Euthanasia?
In the contentious debate over whether people have a right to die, the staunchest opponents on either side could usually agree on one point — that the terminally...
A New Fight to Legalize Euthanasia
Should we be allowed to determine when we die? Euthanasia may be an issue long debated in the U.S., but thus far voters in only one state, Oregon, have legalized...
Death Sets French Euthanasia Debate
Chantal Sébire is dead, but the debate she ignited over French laws prohibiting victims of terminal diseases from receiving euthanasia is certain to live on...
