A Dutch psychiatrist gave lethal injections to patients with mental suffering, some of them teenagers. Does that make him a hero—or something else?

As assisted-suicide laws expand worldwide to include individuals diagnosed with mental disorders, the Citizens Commission on ...

Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives, researchers have found. The ...

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 ...

Daniel Eduardo Ostropolsky has been staring into the abyss for years. At first he noticed the changes in his body gradually, week by week: a sudden cramp, weakness in his right hand or some slowness ...

The role of AI in medical decision-making elicits different reactions in people when compared with human doctors. A new study investigated the situations where the acceptance differs and why with ...

Longtime anti-euthanasia activists Rita and Mike Marker were honored Aug. 11 at the 2025 “People of Life” awards by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat of Pro-Life ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! LONDON (AP) — Several people with autism and ...

The role of AI in medical decision-making elicits different reactions in people when compared with human doctors. The implications of this research are significant as the role of AI in our society and ...