RALEIGH, N.C. -- "Suffering is not worthless, and our lives are not our own to take." With those words published in an online essay, Catholic seminarian Philip Johnson places himself in the middle of ...

The day before what would have been Brittany Maynard's 30th birthday, her mother is publicly defending her daughter's choice to end her own life as she battled terminal brain cancer. In a letter ...

The historic ruling by the Supreme Court of India could nudge the right to die with dignity debate in India forward ...

Right-to-die advocate Brittany Maynard ended her life on Saturday, activists close to her family confirmed Sunday night, NBC News reported. The 29-year-old drank a lethal mixture of water, sedatives ...

On November 1, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old Californian with terminal brain cancer, died with dignity at her home in Portland, Oregon, surrounded by her family. I never met Maynard, but like ...

Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old newlywed who moved from California to Oregon to take advantage of the state's Death with Dignity Act, said a doctor’s remarks about her are "disrespectful and ...

It is long overdue for state legislatures and state courts across the country to recognize, by statute and under state constitutions, a right to death with dignity. The compelling story of 29-year-old ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young woman who moved to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s assisted-suicide law took lethal drugs prescribed by a doctor and has died, a spokesman said Sunday.