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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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Satchi, a male, was hours from euthanasia at shelter.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti star in the drama about an Italian president in the final six months of his last term who faces some deep moral decisions including two potential pardons and the question of signing a bill legalizing euthanasia.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Evanston Police do not suspect foul play at this time, Commander Ryan Glew told USA TODAY.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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No signs of foul play were seen, police said in a statement.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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After being taken to the precinct to speak with detectives, Stevenson was booked into the Shasta County Jail on a murder charge, where he is being held without bail.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At the time of the murder, Dominic was visiting his father against his mother’s wishes, court documents reveal.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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