assisted suicide

The Pursuit of Death on Psychiatric Grounds

Frieda Klotz / Undark Jan 17, 2025 The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Australian Scientist, 104, Arrives in Switzerland for Assisted Suicide

JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press May 7, 2018 David Goodall hopes that his premeditated death will send a message to legislators back in his home country, where assisted suicide is illegal at the federal level. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kevorkian Meets Death

John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune Jun 6, 2011 Dig deeper

R.I.P., Dr. Death

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2011 Dr. Jack Kevorkian, crusading physician for the cause of assisted suicide, died Friday in a hospital in his home state of Michigan. It was, relatively speaking, a natural death for the 83-year-old, who had been suffering from heart and kidney troubles in recent weeks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kevorkian Sets Sights on Congress

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial work as a euthanasia advocate earned him both the nickname "Dr. Death" and time in the slammer, has a new crusade: to win a seat in Congress. Stranger things have been known to happen in American politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2006 In a rebuke to the Bush administration, the justices voted 6-3 to keep the law on the books. Roberts dissented (for the first time). So did Scalia and Thomas, surprise, surprise. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )