assisted suicide
AmericanEtymology
Origin of assisted suicide
1975–80
Example Sentences
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"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
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
Canada, which shares a border with New York, long ago abandoned the terminal-illness requirement for requesting assisted suicide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 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
The founder of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has died by assisted suicide, the group says.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
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