Democratic legislators recently sent a hot potato to Gov. J.B. Pritzker in the form of an assisted-suicide bill meant to ease the suffering of the terminally ill.

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a microrobot capable of transporting drugs to specific locations in the body.

Gov. Pritzker must veto SB 1950 and allow medical doctors to continue their roles as protectors and healers of their patients ...

Filmmaker Reid Davenport discusses the challenges behind his new doc and shares his fears after cuts to publicly funded media ...

Despite claims of being humane and painless, the use of nitrogen gas for executions and assisted suicide causes air hunger, panic and violent physiological distress.

The author of the beloved and iconic children’s book "Love You Forever" is reportedly considering ending his life through physician-assisted suicide, and pro-life groups are grieving the decision. "It ...

This week the Patients Rights Action Fund, which works to “end the dangerous and discriminatory public policy of assisted suicide,” provided an update on current assisted suicide legislation in the ...

For years, advocates of legalizing physician-assisted suicide have recited a comforting refrain: Don’t worry, they assure skeptics worried about the dangers of allowing doctors to prescribe lethal ...

Assisted suicide has become legal in a growing number of states since it was first adopted in 1997 in Oregon. CNA has released three new interactive maps to show where each state in the U.S. stands on ...

Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.” The “Sarco” ...