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The legal aspects of assisted suicide are covered in this website. It shows how fractured the court is on the subject. It speaks of the two federal courts who struck down laws against assisted suicide, and how the Supreme Court overturned these laws.

This website discusses the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It explores the ethics of such an act, as well as the proliferation of such requests. It offers the opinion that doctors must respect the patient's wishes not to endure life-prolonging treatments that do little to help the patient's quality of life. However, it does not advocate nor denigrate assisted suicide.

This short article shows a bill that passed in Kentucky to start testing for illegal drugs to get state assistance such as food stamps or any cash assistant programs.  Positive testing results will not be given to police, but will cause the applicant to be ineligible. Also they must be tested yearly.

The issue of whether or not patients have a right to die is explored, as well as whether or not those who help such people should be considered murderers. It gives anecdotes about family members who could not bear to see their loved ones suffer, and offers opinions on both sides of the issue.

Another good article about the morality and legality of assised suicide. Who are weto decided a person can be helped to die and be forced to live on constant pain?

Another good article about the morality and legality of assised suicide. Who are weto decided a person can be helped to die and be forced to live on constant pain?

This webpage is all aspects of the topic of assisted suicide. It talks about the diffrent states that now allow assisted suicide and gives you links to other webpages that has to do with this subject. It also talks about the doctor who made assisted suicide a big issue, Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

This article touches on what Michigan doctors and the public feel about Physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. An outstanding number of doctors and public agree that Physician Assisted suicide should be a way for patients with terminally ill disease should pass.

For years many patients have wanted to end their pain and suffering that their terminal illness has cause. This article shows many pros and cons to Physician assisted suicide. Dr. Jack Kevorkian began this conquest for the approval of physician assisted suicide and many people still fight for the approval of physician assisted suicide.

Legislation concerning doctor-assisted suicide is explored in this site. Several states are currently considering new legislation on this matter, including Maine, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire. This issue is deeply divisive, and this website explores these divisions.

The law prohibits assisted killing, Think we should get this changed for the terminal ill patient

This article gives us a look at how other countries feel about assited suicides, should they be legal, and wether they are moral or not.

Only one state, Oregon, has legalized assisted suicide. The Oregon statute, which went into effect in October 1997, provides that a doctor may prescribe, but not administer, a lethal dose of medication to a patient who has less than six months to live. Two doctors must agree that the patient is mentally competent and that the decision was voluntary. As of April 1999, 23 patients were given drugs under the statute, and 15 of them used the drugs to commit suicide. A report released by the Oregon state Health Division reviewing the first year of the law's implementation found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse.

This is more of a public debate on whether or not it should be legal to let someone commit suicide or not. This debate is open to public and many writers bring up ever valid points on whether it is okay to assisted someone with their own suicide if they ask or whether that is considered murder.

Few states have passed the law that terminally ill individuals can choose to end their lives with a lethal medication. Montana ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted in assisting of one's death but cannot guarantee it's a constitutional right.

This study details the Medically Assisted Procreation regulations in thirty-five nation-states, and explores the influence of national identity, social cultural and demographic differences on these regulations. Detailed data were gathered from ministries of health, offices of prime ministers, embassy staff, and others on regulations for each nation.

The regulation of physician assisted suicide is always questioned. The American Psychological Association will play an important role in determining the regulation of such an act if more states are willing to legalize this act.

This webpage gives you the pros vs the cons in physician-assisted suicide. It talks a little about the man who made this issue famous. While there are more pro PAS bullet-points the con ones give very good arguments

Senator proposes a bill to cut parent's assistance if kids skip class or perform poorly in school.

Proposal for a mandated drug screen to determine if individuals will be given welfare. So far 7 states have adopted this proposal and there should be many more states in the future to follow.

This article talks about whether people should have the right to a Doctor Assisted Death or not. It continues by stating that If people are suffering then they should have this right.

This article talks about the pain that people suffer in which they would like the option of doctor-assisted suicide. There is a new case brought up about this right from November of 2011. The likes and dislikes of this right are also talked about in this page.