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New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill under a deal reached between the governor and state legislative leaders announced Wednesday.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
17 Dec. 2025 -
In addition, assisted suicide, which is right there in chapter one, was a felony in Texas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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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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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
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“Physician-assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physician-assisted%20suicide. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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