In the letter, the bipartisan group of lawmakers said they support efforts to improve end-of-life care but warned that ...

Patients should not feel "quietly pressured" to end their lives this way, senator says ...

Bipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives ...

In December, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a groundbreaking law that authorized physician-assisted suicide for individuals who are terminally ill. The law scheduled to take effect Sept. 12 is ...

As of 2026, 13 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the assisted suicide process and two of those states are ...

Physician-assisted death brings up moral, ethical, and legal questions. Source: Couleur/Pixabay, used with permission Although September is designated National Suicide Awareness Month, there are those ...

(Spotlight Delaware is a community-powered, collaborative, nonprofit newsroom covering the First State. Learn more at spotlightdelaware.org). Delaware lawmakers wrapped up the 2025 legislative session ...

The four-bill package would require two oral requests 15 days apart, a written request with witnesses, and criminal penalties ...

Last year, California completed installation of a $220 million suicide barrier net on both sides of the Golden Gate Bridge to discourage people from jumping. The net was also intended to break the ...

In just a year, physician-assisted suicide has gone from an extremely narrow legal option for the terminally ill to a far wider policy experiment in Canada, Europe and now New York. Lawmakers and ...