Sven Knudsen Ljaamo, MD, a Veterans Affairs' physician in Massachusetts, was charged with possessing child sexual abuse ...

A controversial proposed change to New York State law could allow folks who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness to ...

A state House bill that would give terminally ill Delawareans the right to end their lives was brought before the state ...

The Delaware State Senate Thursday passed a bill that would allow people who have been diagnosed with six months or less to ...

After many years – and a few hours of deliberation – the Delaware Senate passed House Bill 140, which would allow medical aid ...

I just know that very shortly I will not.” Medical aid in dying is an option only available to adults with terminal diagnoses and less than six months to live. Two physicians must sign off, and the ...

The legislation would allow mentally-sound adults with a prognosis of six months or less left to live to voluntarily request medical aid in dying.

New Mexico, the most recent state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, did so in 2021. Delaware’s Democratic governor ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Medical aid in dying may soon take a major step toward legalization in New York.

Opponents, including some disability advocacy groups, argue that allowing medical aid in dying could expose patients to coercion and abuse. Disability advocacy groups warn of a slippery slope ...

NEW YORK – New York may be one week away from a vote to let terminally ill people choose when they die. 10 states already ...

The patient would need to make the request both ... when Massachusetts narrowly voted down a ballot measure to legalize medical aid in dying by 2 points. Supporters of the issue say that people ...