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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
Noun
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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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An on-site animal crematorium, which is owned by the city's animal control department, is used for euthanasia services, Halverson said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Hackel said the county's animal control now is known for its save rate for saving animals, instead of its kill or euthanasia rate about 15 years ago.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff's office previously said officials have no reason to believe that foul play was involved.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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No foul play is suspected in connection with the teen’s death.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Three people were killed in a murder-suicide shooting near a middle school in Illinois on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McDonald, portrayed as the main attacker, was convicted of murder, but later released because of health issues.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted%20suicide. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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