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Noun
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Also filed on Tuesday is a bill that would make assisted suicide a crime in Tennessee.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Jan. 2026 -
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
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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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According to city records uncovered in Wright’s lawsuit and reviewed by The Times, Valerio had been marked for euthanasia for dangerous behavior in April 2022, four months before Wright adopted him.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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For now, the animals remain at Marineland while the final documentation is reviewed — but the government’s decision has shifted the trajectory away from euthanasia and toward relocation.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Physician-assisted suicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physician-assisted%20suicide. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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