assisted suicide

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Activists calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands took the Dutch government to court Monday, arguing that…

A Connecticut woman with cancer sued Vermont on Thursday for allowing only its own residents to take advantage of a state law that lets people who are terminally ill end their own lives.Lynda Bluestein, 75, of Bridgeport,…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Anita Hannig, Brandeis University(THE CONVERSATION) Several states around the U.S. are currently considering…

The Associated Press is making available the full text of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the nationwide right to abortion:Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court.Abortion presents a profound moral issue on…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his ill wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back Thursday until September, with defense lawyers arguing that…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament voted for the third time in just over a year Thursday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though like the previous two attempts, the country's Constitutional Court or president…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament tried for the third time in just over a year Thursday to bring in a law allowing euthanasia, after the Constitutional Court and the country’s president blocked two previous…

A bill that would allow terminally ill adults in Connecticut to request medication to help them die was suddenly derailed Monday by an unusual parliamentary procedure during a committee vote.Advocates had expressed optimism…