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Gov. Hickenlooper signed medical aid-in-dying into law today. Now what?

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Proposition 106 into law today, thus legalizing medical aid-in-dying in the state of Colorado. Qualified, terminally ill patients may now begin...

Without medical aid-in-dying, some patients choose to die violently. Sheryl Randall...

There was a stark difference between who Sheryl Randall was most of her life and who she had become when she tied a rope...

Lawmakers debate 2 ways to make death easier in Colorado

Whether the Grim Reaper will register as a lobbyist remains to be seen, but Death's agenda is up for debate in two forms at the...

Defining Dignity: Debate gets real over ‘right to die’ bill

“Suicide is someone intentionally causing their own death,” he said. “I don’t want to cause my own death. I’m not doing that. The cancer is doing that.”

Rights Group: Assisted Suicide is discriminatory, a violation of Americans with...

Legalized assisted suicide sets up a double standard: some people get suicide prevention while others get suicide assistance, and the difference between the two...