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right to die stories: 6 news summaries

British MS
Victim Wins Key Right-to-Die Ruling

Court orders that current law be clarified

Jul 31, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman has won her legal battle to force the government to clarify its law on assisted suicide, the Guardian reports. Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, whose health is deteriorating, wants to travel to a Swiss euthanasia clinic to die when her condition becomes unbearable. Britain's highest court agreed... More »

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assisted suicide • euthanasia • multiple sclerosis • Britain • right to die • Debbie Purdy

'Italy's Terri Schiavo' Dies 

Lawmakers were debating PM's bill against euthanasia when news broke

Feb 9, 09 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who sparked debate over right-to-die laws in Italy has died after 17 years in a coma, the Times of London reports. Italian lawmakers, led by PM Silvio Berlusconi, were debating an emergency bill to keep Eluana Englaro alive at the time. The law would forbid carers of those... More »

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Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma • Eluana Englaro • vegetative state • Bill Maher Grid

Pope: Don't
End Comatose Woman's Life

Joins PM Berlusconi
in fighting Italian
Terry Schiavo case

Feb 7, 09 9:31 AM CST
(AP) - Pope Benedict today waded into a fiercely debated right-to-die case in Italy, affirming the "absolute and supreme" need to protect life even when "weak and shrouded in the mystery of suffering." The pontiff's last-minute intervention in the case of a woman who has been in a coma... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Italy • Terri Schiavo • right to die • Silvio Berlusconi • coma

Kevorkian Declares Bid
for House Seat

Assisted suicide advocate vows to
tout individual rights

Mar 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian declared a bid for Congress in Detroit today, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a free-wheeling press conference, he admitted to being apolitical but vowed to trumpet individual rights in his campaign. “You can’t take my innate rights away from me without a fight,... More »

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Detroit • assisted suicide • House of Representatives • euthanasia • right to die • Jack Kevorkian • Ninth Amendment to the Bill of Rights • Bill Maher Grid

Boy Dies After Refusing Cancer Treatment

Judge denies parents' plea for transfusions hours before death

Nov 30, 07 2:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A 14-year-old Seattle boy who was given a 70% chance of recovering from childhood leukemia has died, weeks after refusing blood transfusions his biological parents—both recovering drug addicts—wanted him to have, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. He died just hours after a judge ruled in his favor after determining... More »

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religion • leukemia • right to die

Thompson Calls Right to Die a Family Decision

After daughter's death, candidate won't make issue 'political football'

Oct 23, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson opened up yesterday about the 2002 death of his daughter, saying end-of-life decisions should be made by families, not governments. Betsy Thompson Panici died at age 38 after an accidental prescription drug overdose, ABC News reports. The GOP hopeful said the kinds of choices his family had to... More »

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Fred Thompson • Terri Schiavo • end of life care • right to die

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