SEATTLE, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Voters in Washington state will be asked to consider the Washington Death with Dignity Act, an initiative that would allow doctor-assisted suicide.
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A British court ruled Wednesday that refusing to clarify the law against assisted suicide did not violate an ailing woman's human rights.
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Opponents of a Washington State assisted-suicide ballot initiative say hastening the deaths of terminally ill patients is "playing God."
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- One in four terminally ill patients in Oregon who opt for physician-assisted suicide may have clinical depression, U.S. researchers said.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A 45-year-old woman says Britain's High Court should clarify the legal definition of assisted suicide in order to allow her to undergo the procedure.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Former Washington Gov. Booth Gardner has kicked off a campaign to put assisted suicide on the ballot in November.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has determined legalization of doctor-assisted suicide does not result in a disproportionate number of deaths among specific groups.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., June 2 (UPI) -- Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan physician known as "Dr. Death," says he will no longer help people end their lives, even those in terrible pain.
COLDWATER, Mich., June 1 (UPI) -- Jack Kevorkian, nicknamed "Dr. Death" for helping the terminally ill kill themselves, left a Michigan prison Friday after serving eight years.
DETROIT, May 25 (UPI) -- Assisted-suicide advocate, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, reportedly will be paroled from a Michigan prison next week after serving eight years.
DETROIT, July 13 (UPI) -- A doctor says jailed assisted-suicide activist Dr. Jack Kevorkian may not live another year but Kevorkian says he's not interested in suicide himself.
SACRAMENTO, June 28 (UPI) -- The California state Senate Judiciary Committee voted down an assisted suicide bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to end their suffering.
TORONTO, May 17 (UPI) -- A Canadian psychologist has been summoned to appear before a review board over his role in the 2004 assisted suicide of his friend in Switzerland. The case raises the question of whether a Canadian psychologist may be permitted to participate in an assist
ZURICH, Switzerland, April 15 (UPI) -- The Dignitas clinic in Zurich, Switzerland, wants to extend its assisted-suicide services to people suffering from conditions such as chronic depression.
MONTREAL, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A 60-year-old Canadian woman admitted in a Montreal court that she assisted in the suicide of her 36-year-old son, who was stricken with multiple sclerosis.
