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assisted suicide

NOUN
dying facilitated by another
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Castillo’s case illustrates the urgency of ensuring that assisted suicide isn’t considered an expression of free “autonomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

A Washington state health department report in 2022 found that a third of all relevant physicians in the state failed to submit legally mandated compliance forms for assisted suicide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Newsom’s mother, Tessie Newsom, ended her life in 2002 at age 55 through assisted suicide after a long fight with breast cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

The bill allows assisted suicide for adult Uruguayan citizens or residents who are mentally competent and in the terminal stage of an incurable disease that causes them suffering.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025