Terminally Ill Patients Consider Options As California Right-To-Die Law Is EnactedTerminally-ill patients in the Bay Area and across California now have a new option to relieve their suffering as the state has become the fifth in the nation to allow patients to seek medical help to end their lives.
Berkeley Doctor Opening Clinic To Help Patients End Their LivesCalifornia’s Death with Dignity law takes effect later this week, and a physician in Berkeley has opened up a clinic to help people end their lives.
Stephen Hawking Says He Would Consider Assisted Suicide If He Was In Great PainProfessor Stephen Hawking said he would consider assisted suicide under certain circumstances.
Christian California Mother With Terminal Cancer Files Lawsuit To Die Her WayA terminally ill single mother from Southern California is fighting for the right to have a doctor provide her medication so she can end her life peacefully and painlessly.
Elderly Alameda Man Turns Himself In After Claiming He Fatally Shot Wife In 'Mercy Killing'An Alameda man who insists he just wanted to end his wife’s suffering is in jail Wednesday night accused of fatally shooting her, and neighbors insist it was not a murder but a mercy killing.
29-Year-Old SF Woman Battling Brain Cancer Reconsiders Date To End Her LifeA terminally ill 29-year-old woman from San Francisco is giving more thought on her decision to die by assisted suicide two days after her husband's birthday on Nov. 1.
With Days Left To Live SF Woman Battling Brain Cancer Fulfills Dream Of Visiting Grand Canyon With FamilyBrittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman battling stage 4 brain cancer, says she crossed something off her self-described bucket last week, just days before she plans to take her own life.
29-Year-Old San Francisco Woman With Brain Cancer Plans To End Her Life On Nov. 1stBrittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman battling stage 4 brain cancer from San Francisco, plans to die two days after her husband's birthday by assisted suicide and is launching a nationwide campaign calling for death with dignity laws.