Canada is engaged in an important, and sometimes frightening, debate about the right to life at the opposite end of the life spectrum from the debate going on here in the U.S. They are debating the ...

Spanish Woman, 25, Dies by Legal Euthanasia in Case That Drew National Spotlight MADRID (AP) — Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her ...

Several states have begun to consider legislation that would legalize active voluntary euthanasia. To address some of the ethical issues raised by such legislation, the Center for Applied Ethics ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 11, 2026) allowed the withdrawal of life support to 32-year-old Harish Rana. Mr. Rana had sustained severe head injuries and 100% quadriplegic disability after a ...

TORONTO (AP) — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government assistance, and grieving new widows. All of them requested to be killed ...

MADRID (AP) — Noelia Castillo, a Spanish woman who sought euthanasia and fought a protracted legal battle with her family over her right to do so, received life-ending medicine on Thursday in ...

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of India has once again brought the complex and emotionally charged topic of euthanasia into public discussion. The court allowed passive euthanasia for ...

There doesn’t need to be a choice between palliative care or assisted dying. Author provided In most parts of the world the proponents of palliative care and of assisted dying do not see eye to eye.

The recent judgment by the Supreme Court in the Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026) case has raised questions regarding the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of passive euthanasia.