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assisted suicide

NOUN
dying facilitated by another
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The broadcaster, 86, is terminally ill with cancer and has said she is now "too physically fragile" to travel to Switzerland to end her life at an assisted suicide clinic.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And during Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation hearings, some media outlets claimed that President Donald Trump’s nominee had plagiarized parts of his 2006 book about assisted suicide.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Several other European countries have since passed legislation, and Switzerland has long allowed assisted suicide if the person assisting acts unselfishly.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Once assisted suicide is legal, the role of the state and the medical profession shifts—from preventing self-inflicted death to regulating its provision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Advocates of assisted suicide present Castillo’s death as an exercise of individual liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026


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