Despite legal recognition of the right to die with dignity and the use of advance medical directives or ‘living wills’ as an ...

By remaining silent on such a crucial issue concerning the terminally ill patients, the union government is trying to ...

It is long overdue for state legislatures and state courts across the country to recognize, by statute and under state constitutions, a right to death with dignity. The compelling story of 29-year-old ...

Around Maine, people are gathering to talk about the kind of death they want for their loved ones and themselves.

The question of whether assisted suicide should be legal is nothing new. In fact, one of the key arguments in support of this sort of suicide — deliberate, planned and rational — dates back over 260 ...

Maynard reached out to another death with dignity advocate. — -- Brittany Maynard, the cancer patient who battled for the right to die with dignity last month, sent out an email to a woman she ...

Founder of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, died at the age of 92 by assisted suicide. In a ...

Death-with-dignity group builds assisted-suicide billboard ad. July 19, 2010— -- Mixed in among the billboards for radio stations and fast food restaurants are controversial roadside ads ...

Dignitas founder chose to end his life shortly before his 93rd birthday, the association said. Ludwig A. Minelli's effort was crucial to the decriminalization of assisted suicide services in Germany ...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- A terminally ill Santa Clarita mother is suing the state for her right to die. Attorney Christy O'Donnell is a single mother who was diagnosed with lung cancer. She believes ...

A landmark new report by Dignity has revealed stark inequalities in how people experience death and bereavement across the country. The ...