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California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that provides terminally ill patients the right to die. Brown stated, "he crux of the matter is whether the State of California should continue to make...

The Indian Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order from the Rajasthan High Court that would have made the practice of Santhara , or voluntarily fasting to death practiced by the Jains [BBC...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday upheld a French court's decision allowing Vincent Lambert the right to die, stating it did not violate article 2 of European Convention on Human...

The California Senate on Thursday voted 23-14 to approve a controversial right to die bill . The bill would protect doctors who aide individuals with terminal conditions in dying. The bill's impact is limited to...

An 84-year old attorney, businessman and political candidate filed a lawsuit in a Tennessee court on Wednesday, challenging a law that makes it a felony for a doctor or another person helps someone commit suicide. John Jay Hooker, who...

A South African judge ruled Thursday that a terminally ill man has a right to assisted suicide with no legal or professional consequences for the participating doctor. Euthanasia is illegal in South Africa, and the decision is the first...

The California Senate Committee on Health on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow physicians to provide lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients to accelerate their deaths. The approval of SB 128 comes after...

Cancer patient Christie White and five physicians in California filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday challenging a state ban on physician-assisted suicide for mentally competent terminally ill patients. The suit...

The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling allowing a brain-damaged patient the right to die . The patient, a 76-year old woman on life-support at a Yonsei University...

A South Korea appellate court on Tuesday upheld a landmark lower court ruling authorizing removal of life-support from a comatose woman. Tuesday's decision by the Seoul High Court affirmed the December ruling of the Seoul Western...