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Recent Examples of assisted suicide
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.
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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
The practice of doctor assisted suicide is growing in the west.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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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
The practice of doctor assisted suicide is growing in the west.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
According to the report, the woman had been considering assisted suicide for two years, since being diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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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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The eventis sponsored by Frosty Faces, dedicated to rescuing senior animals otherwise facing euthanasia in the shelter system.—
Adrian Vore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Owen noted other cities that have implemented microchip requirements have seen an improvement in return-to-owner rates, reductions in shelter intake and a drop in euthanasia rates.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
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While authorities are quick to rule the fatal gunshot wound self-inflicted, and some speculate that the article drove Dale to suicide, Lee knows enough about the Washbergs to suspect foul play.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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The service told the outlet that no foul play is suspected, and the cause of death is currently under investigation.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with his murder.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The City of Boston has paid $150,000 as part of a settlement agreement with two Black men wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a white pregnant woman, Carol Stuart.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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