assisted suicide
AmericanEtymology
Origin of assisted suicide
1975–80
Example Sentences
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Advocates of assisted suicide present Castillo’s death as an exercise of individual liberty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
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
Although assisted suicide passed both houses of the state Legislature this year, the margins were small and the whole thing took nearly a decade to come to a vote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The founder of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has died by assisted suicide, the group says.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 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
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