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- noun Attributive form of
assisted suicide
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Examples
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And Locker made his intentions chillingly clear when he approached Minor on a street near a public housing complex: He wanted to "do a Kevorkian," Minor later told detectives, referring to assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
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"The law was unique, and I do think the decision was correct," said Rita Marker, the executive director of the Patients Rights Council, a group that opposes assisted-suicide measures.
Suicide Law Ruled Unconstitutional Ashby Jones 2012
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Opponents point out the passage was proposed by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, described by the Family Research Council as "a Democratic congressman from Oregon who has been a major proponent of the state's assisted-suicide law."
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There is lots of precedent for doing so, most notably up in Oregon, where they have an assisted-suicide law.
Chris Weigant: If California Legalizes Marijuana, How Will Obama React? Chris Weigant 2010
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MPN writes that Melchert-Dinkel's attorney argued that his client was exercising his free speech rights and could not be charged under Minnesota's assisted-suicide statute because the alleged victims were in other countries.
Former Minn. nurse guilty of using chats to encourage 2 suicides 2011
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More draconian assisted-suicide laws (just saw kevorkian on bill maher)?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigrants and Nazis, Communists and Cardinals 2010
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And when historians look back on the medical means at our disposition in parallel with our increasing tolerance toward euthanasia and assisted-suicide, what will they think of us?
ProWomanProLife » The office, sushi–and other assorted points 2010
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The retired pathologist, who became an assisted-suicide advocate claiming to have had a hand in 130 deaths in the 1990s, helped spark a national debate over euthanasia.
Pathologist Led One-Man Crusade for Euthanasia Stephen Miller 2011
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As such, I would not recommend, nor could I participate in his assisted-suicide.
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Died: Jack Kevorkian, 83, assisted-suicide advocate.
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