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Recent Examples of assisted suicide
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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Kittens remain especially vulnerable—65 percent of all cat non-live outcomes involve kittens under 5 months old, showing that younger felines continue to face higher euthanasia risks in overcrowded shelters.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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One of their goals is to rescue dogs from county shelters that are at risk of euthanasia.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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While historians long theorized that foul play may have played a role in the death of the ruler, more recent DNA analysis suggests that Tutankhamen likely died from a combination of malaria and a bone disorder, per Live Science.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Investigators from the Army CID and German police found belongings in the couple’s apartment and missing carpet, but no clear evidence of foul play.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Marty works his connections to learn that Frank won’t be charged for Arthur’s murder — the official verdict is that accidents happen when confused old men own guns.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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For example, Swan Lake, created with Jacki Apple, combines a film noir murder trope with the glitzy alluring language of high-end advertising.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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