Zebbie Geller was ready to die. The headstrong grandmother didn’t want anyone to talk her out of it. She had no interest in ...

Read the first two parts in The Right to Die series here and here . For a time, Katie Kim was a living symbol of suffering.

Michigan lawmakers are considering bills to allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

The concept of dying with dignity has become an important topic in modern healthcare, ethics, and personal decision-making. It addresses the rights, choices, and conditions under which individuals ...

As concerns about legalising voluntary assisted dying recede, pressure to broaden eligibility is likely to grow. To assess ...

There is much debate around the world regarding both physician-assisted dying legislation--often called "Death with Dignity"--and expanding the circumstances in which it is applicable. Eight countries ...

The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die. In this conversation with Reason's Kevin Alexander, Engelhart discusses why people ...

My wife Mary Klein underwent radical surgery and aggressive chemotherapy that almost killed her at the same time that she was lobbying nonstop for the Washington, D.C., law that allows medical aid in ...

In the spring of 2022, Canadian teenager Markus Schouten’s dying wish was that no child should be forced to choose between life and death. Markus had just learned he was about to die. His oncologist ...

In a recent episode of “60 Minutes,” interviewer Scott Pelley said to his guest, “You don’t have much time. Why are you spending time doing this?” His guest, former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, who ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Swiss human rights lawyer who turned assisted death into a global ...