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But assisted suicide is anything but compassionate for vulnerable people, like the tragic story of my friend with anorexia, Jane Allen, which shows how assisted suicide laws threaten the lives of the young and curable.—
Matt Vallière,
Denver Post,
2 Oct. 2025 -
In other countries, assisted suicide is a much more common cause of death.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
23 June 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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In 2014, Belgium became the second country in the world to allow child euthanasia, requiring parental consent.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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After spending about 10 months in a Texas shelter, he was listed for euthanasia and had only days left when he was transported to New Jersey on December 2, 2023.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Physician-assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physician-assisted%20suicide. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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