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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Founder of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, died at the age of 92 by assisted suicide. In a tribute, the group said, he led a life of “life for freedom of choice, ...

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 ...