TORONTO (AP) — Canada has arguably the world's most permissive system of euthanasia — the practice of doctors and nurse practitioners killing patients with an injection of drugs at their request.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for 31-year-old Harish Rana, who has remained in a permanent vegetative state for more than a decade after ...

The recent judgment by the Supreme Court in the Harish Rana v. Union of India (2026) case has raised questions regarding the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of passive euthanasia.

Effective and humane euthanasia of laboratory rodents encompasses chemical, physical and emerging approaches, each governed by welfare imperatives and regulatory frameworks. Chemical methods include ...

Are our moral judgements about euthanasia a product of our time? If we came from a different culture, might our changed views about the worth of life and death lead us to opposite judgements? Caitlin ...

Harish Rana, an Indian youth who spent over a decade in a vegetative state, became the first case where the Supreme Court allowed withdrawal of life support under passive euthanasia rules. Harish Rana ...

This article is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. If Maricarmen had opened the door that day, her daughter would be dead ...

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 ...

Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since mid-2002, and in the past two decades, the number of reported cases has risen sharply. In 2003, only 236 cases were recorded, but by 2023, this had increased ...