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An autistic 28-year-old Dutch book blogger has died as a result of assisted suicide at her home in the Netherlands, following years of chronic pain and fatigue.

An autistic 28-year-old Dutch book blogger has died as a result of assisted suicide at her home in the Netherlands, following years of chronic pain and fatigue.

[Sam's original lede] A Dutch medical federation removed the age limit for patients who desire to hasten their lives by ceasing to eat and drink, allowing young people who no longer wish to live to die by starvation and dehydration.

A woman diagnosed with terminal cancer was among the first out-of-state residents to hasten her death through Vermont’s medical aid in dying law. The elderly woman claimed that she wanted a meaningful death, but not one where she died after a prolonged illness.

A national nonprofit named after Terri Schiavo is criticizing a 90-minute documentary released by MSNBC for its depiction of the legal battle between Schiavo’s husband and parents that gripped the nation and resulted in the woman’s death by dehydration after a court ordered her feeding tube removed.