assisted suicide
AmericanEtymology
Origin of assisted suicide
1975–80
Example Sentences
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The 86-year-old said she was too frail to travel to an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland as she had planned to, saying: "Everything I didn't want to happen I'm having to go through now."
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
Advocates of assisted suicide present Castillo’s death as an exercise of individual liberty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Jurisdictions that initially limit assisted suicide to terminal illness face pressure to expand access to chronic conditions or psychological suffering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
"While the term assisted dying is used my many to soften the reality we are actually talking about assisted suicide," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
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