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Other countries that have legalized assisted suicide include Australia, Belgium, Canada and parts of the United States, with regulations on who is eligible varying by jurisdiction.
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Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
Because once assisted suicide, which Carr has been fighting against, becomes more of the rule than the exception for medicine in the West, there will often be no coroner and no questions.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 16 June 2025
Now!, another Sundance doc about the landmark 1988 student protest that transformed accessibility rights in the U.S.; and Life After, where director Reid Davenport investigates assisted suicide laws for disabled people.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, voting procedures and school curriculum are additional examples of issues where states have set their own policies.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
Because once assisted suicide, which Carr has been fighting against, becomes more of the rule than the exception for medicine in the West, there will often be no coroner and no questions.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 16 June 2025
Now!, another Sundance doc about the landmark 1988 student protest that transformed accessibility rights in the U.S.; and Life After, where director Reid Davenport investigates assisted suicide laws for disabled people.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, voting procedures and school curriculum are additional examples of issues where states have set their own policies.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisted suicide
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Kelson teaches Spike how to grow beyond his parents, giving Isla a mercy killing and allowing Spike to place her skull on the top of the structure.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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While this was a funeral rite for some in the Roman period, the researchers think the man was decapitated as a mercy killing after the lion bite.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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More than half of these intakes (57 percent) were strays, while non-live outcomes, including euthanasia and deaths in care, reached 366,000 animals.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The eventis sponsored by Frosty Faces, dedicated to rescuing senior animals otherwise facing euthanasia in the shelter system.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Building a case for foul play required showing not only that the beat at North Head had a history of anti-gay violence but that Scott might have been visiting the beat in the first place.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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No obvious signs of foul play were detected, per Fox 26 Houston.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Cody Balmer, 38, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courtroom to attempted murder and other charges connected to the April arson of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's home.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bartnik was detained at the scene and ultimately charged with murder, per the release.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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