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MS sufferer's landmark win in right to die case
MS sufferer's landmark win in right to die caseA woman with Multiple Sclerosis has won a crucial stage of her legal battle to be allowed to commit suicide abroad with her husband's help...

UK court dismisses appeal to clarify assisted suicide law
[JURIST] The England and Wales Court of Appeals (Civil Division) on Wednesday refused to clarify Britain's law banning assisted suicide in an action initiated by a British woman suffering from multiple sclerosis...

Mexico -- Assisted suicide and availability of suicide drugs
Assisted suicide (legal in the United States only in Oregon) is an increasing debated issue in Mexico. For example, in April 2008, the Mexican Senate voted to allow doctors to withdraw life-sustaining medicines in certain cases...

Washington Group Building Assisted Suicide Free Zones With Doctors, Hospitals
LifeNews.com reports: “One of the leading groups that tried to defeat the November ballot proposal voters approved to make the state the second to legalize assisted suicide is now trying to counteract the measure...

Parliament should clarify law on traveling abroad for assisted suicide of family member
Jo Cartwright [Campaigns and Press Officer, Dignity in Dying]: "We are pleased that Debbie Purdy's appeal has gone some way to clarify the law for her. The Appeals Court was able to go further than the High Court did in stating that the principles in the judgment given by the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Daniel James case would also apply if Debbie were to go to Switzerland accompanied

AUL Denounces Montana Courts Assisted Suicide Decision, Urges Appeal
Americans United for Life has issued this press release that concludes: Denise Burke, AUL Vice President of Legal Affairs, stated, ?In siding with suicide advocates in this case, the trial court has opened the gates for suicide-on-demand in the state of Montana...

Assisted Suicide -- An Australian Adventure
Don Flounders (78 years old) who is a resident of the state of Victoria in Australia suffers from mesothelioma. He is very interested in assisted suicide but such is illegal here. Thus, Don traveled to Mexico in early February to...

Assisted Suicide -- The European Approach
Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands appear to be the only European nations where assisted suicide will not be prosecuted as a crime. Thus, people who wish assistance in self-termination will travel to these countries...

Canadian Constitutional Law #32: Section 7 continued, Assisted Suicide
Continuing on with our look at section 7 rights, we will now consider the case of Rodriguez v BC (AG). A woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease seeks a declaration that she may legally seek doctor-assisted suicide when her condition deteriorates to the point that she wishes to end her life...

Calif. Senate Mulls Assisted Suicide Bill
The Christian Post reports: It may soon become legal for doctors and nurses in California to ?help? their patients die if a new assisted suicide bill passes through the state senate...

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Sheriff Interfered With Custody Battle
Greene County to pay $85,000 settlement in trespassing lawsuit.

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Friendship Care Assisted Living ordered to pay $20,000 fine for facility violations and negligence.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Chantix Suicide
alleging the smoking cessation product is linked to increased suicidal behaviors.

Philip Morris
Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions