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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
Noun
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Canada’s government monopoly on the health care system can create perverse incentives for physicians and caseworkers to promote euthanasia instead of chronic treatment and support.—
Dr. Jeffrey Singer,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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An orphan female terrier-blend, who had been seeking shelter at a Central California motel, had been rounded up and was listed for euthanasia.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Police said there is currently no foul play suspected, and the investigation remains ongoing.—
Ciara McCarthy
January 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Jan. 2026
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Police said there is currently no foul play suspected.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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The number of killings investigated last year fell to 67, with 57 of those categorized as murders — excluding cases such as justifiable homicides — a total not seen since 1967, according to data compiled by this news organization.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Jackson, who famously won an acquittal in the murder trial of Karen Read and represented disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, did not explain his decision to withdraw from the case.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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