Right-to-die

PORTLAND (AP) — Supporters of a terminally ill person's right to take his or her own life are alarmed by President Donald Trump's nominee for the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat. Peg Sandeen, executive director of the Death With Dignity National Center in Portland, said Wednesday that Neil Gorsuch's confirmation could mean a renewed legal battle over Oregon's law that gives terminally ill patients

SEATTLE (AP) — Right-to-die advocates in Washington state have come up with a cheaper, alternative mixture of medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives after a drug company abruptly doubled the price commonly used medication. ...