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Vermont is 4th state to legalize assisted suicide

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:27 -0400

MONTPELIER, Vermont - After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives.

5 things to know about Vt.'s assisted suicide law

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43:22 -0400

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the End-of-Life Choices law on Monday, effective immediately. Some basics about the new law:

EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:49:11 -0400

GENEVA - An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suicide.

Fight over assisted suicide moves back to court

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:48:19 -0400

HELENA, Montana - The fight over physician-assisted suicide in Montana is moving back to the courtroom after the Legislature failed this session to clarify that the practice is specifically legal or illegal.

Belgian Nobel Prize winner de Duve dies at 95

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:16:25 -0400

BRUSSELS - A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia. He was 95.

Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:55:27 -0400

DUBLIN - A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that moved some in the courtroom to tears.