A full life, an assisted death
Readers have a wide variety of reactions to the Globe's photojournalistic portrait of Lynda Bluestein, who traveled to Vermont from Connecticut to die on her own terms.
Source: bostonglobe.com
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Woman Seeking Mental Health Treatment Given Euthanasia Option
"The more I think about it raises more and more ethical and moral questions."
Source: vision.org.au
Letters to the Editor: How soon should 'End of Life' medication be available?
A reader whose cancer-stricken husband had to wait two excruciating weeks for his medication has advice for those trying to block part of California's end-of-life law.
Source: yahoo.com
California's doctor-assisted deaths surged 63% to 853 last year: critics say state law is unconstitutional, has made it too easy to get lethal drugs, and 'steers' disabled people to suicide
Last year, 1,270 people got fatal prescriptions under the state's End of Life Option Act, and 853 people used them to end their lives. That's a jump from 863 scripts and 522 deaths the previous year.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Afghanistan veteran slams Canada's push to euthanize soldiers with PTSD
Afghanistan veteran Kelsi Sheren (pictured) has made it her mission to speak out for other vets - her current war is on home soil: speaking out about Canada's permissive euthanasia laws
Source: dailymail.co.uk