/tags/physician-assisted-suicide Physician-assisted suicide en-US Copyright Sun, 14 Apr 2024 14:28:45 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-04-14/terminally-ill-people-ask-more-states-besides-oregon-and-vermont-to-let-them-access-assisted-dying Lawmakers in at least 12 states, including Illinois, are debating bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. Sun, 14 Apr 2024 14:28:45 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-04-14/terminally-ill-people-ask-more-states-besides-oregon-and-vermont-to-let-them-access-assisted-dying Jesse Bedayn /health-and-medicine/2023-04-26/disability-rights-groups-sue-to-overturn-californias-physician-assisted-death-law Disability rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn California’s physician-assisted death law, arguing that recent changes make it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t imminent to kill themselves with drugs prescribed by a doctor. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:49:35 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-04-26/disability-rights-groups-sue-to-overturn-californias-physician-assisted-death-law Don Thompson / KFF Health News