There were already 12 U.S. states that legalized assisted suicide, and Oregon, the first state to approve assisted suicide, had a dramatic spike in non-medicalized suicide afterwards that peaked at 41 ...
While polling has shown that a majority of Americans favor the legality of the practice for terminally ill patients, people are more split on the morality.
Demand from the millions of patients worldwide who need an organ transplant greatly outpaces supply, leaving organ donation policy ripe for perverse incentives. In the United States, an average of 13 ...
When it comes to advanced cancer or Alzheimer's disease, over half of doctors would consider assisted dying for themselves, but preferences seem to vary according to their jurisdiction's legislation ...
People of faith have historically had lower levels of support of physician-assisted suicide, even as support has been rising across the nation. So it’s no surprise that Utah, one of the most religious ...