Assisted dying for terminally-ill is now legal in several countries. In India, the concept of passive euthanasia is in a nascent stage, but states are implementing the ‘living will’ option.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Dignitas founder chose to end his life shortly before his 93rd birthday, the association said. Ludwig A. Minelli's effort was ...

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