Euthanasia

Indian Nurse Who Spent Years in Coma After Rape Dies

By Rohit Inani / New Delhi

Chilean 14-Year-Old With Cystic Fibrosis Asks To Be Allowed To Die

By Justin Worland

Our Dog Has Cancer and We're Not Treating It. Stop Judging Me.

By Steve Friess

Why Euthanizing Ebola Animals Is a Dangerous Road to Go Down

By Lori Gruen
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Belgian Rapist Will Be Euthanized

His lawyers say he has not been able to get over his violent sexual impulses

By Helen Regan

Most Americans Are Totally Fine With Euthanasia

7 in 10 Americans say they support physicians legally ending patients' lives painlessly, though fewer support "physician assisted suicide."

By Maya Rhodan

Swiss Group Will Help Elderly Who Aren't Terminally Ill Commit Suicide

The group Exit changed its practices to allow patients who are not terminally ill to request assisted suicide

By Barbara Tasch

Belgium's Euthanasia Law Doesn't Protect Children From Themselves

The Belgian Parliament upped the ante last week by redefining the words “slippery slope” and “abhorrent” in its historic vote to expand its euthanasia laws – already some of the most liberal in the world...

By Joni Eareckson Tada

Belgium Extends Euthanasia Law to Kids

Lawmakers passed a bill allowing euthanasia in very rare cases of terminally ill children

By Charlotte McDonald-Gibson / Brussels

Danish Giraffe Has Company in Forced Death

The killings of animals including zebras and pygmy hippos are necessary for conservation, zookeepers say, leading to mandatory euthanization in an effort to ensure there's room for other species, especially ones that need special protection

By Lisa Abend
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