Teresa Rodriguez's mother is dying of cancer. Like other caregivers to those who insist on medical aid in dying, Rodriguez is ...

Supporters say the law includes safeguards and gives people autonomy and relief from unnecessary suffering. Critics argue that life should always be preserved ...

The sponsors of a bill to allow terminally ill New Yorkers to take medication to end their lives have amended the legislation to clarify that health care providers and insurance companies would not be ...

For roughly the past decade, advocates have pushed for New York to approve a law that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the assistance of their doctor. On Tuesday, the ...

A Massachusetts bill to allow physicians to prescribe medical aid in dying medication had its first hearing April 2. Supporters of the issue say that people should be able to choose the way they die, ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This op-ed originally ran in the Times Union out of Albany. Two and a half centuries ago, our founding fathers established a vision of a country based on limited government and broad ...

A bill that would allow physicians to prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives may finally become law in New York state, lawmakers say — nearly a decade after it was first ...

Millions of Americans live in states where, if they become terminally ill, they are legally able to obtain a prescription for medication that they can use to end their own life on their own terms and ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians. The controversial bill overcame strong opposition from ...

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This guest essay reflects the views of Arthur Caplan, head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A few months ago, the New York State Bar Association produced a report ...