Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands, but prosecutors said they had filed charges in an effort to clarify ambiguities in the law.
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Vincent Lambert, Frenchman at Center of Right-to-Die Case, Dies at 42
Mr. Lambert, a nurse who was left in a vegetative state after a 2008 accident, had been taken off life support. The case bitterly divided his family.
Dutch Teenager’s Death Sets Off Debate, and Media Corrections
The Dutch case of Noa Pothoven, 17, who had written about being a rape victim and her experience with mental illness, ricocheted around the globe. But initial stories got it wrong.
A Death on Video Makes Euthanasia Spain’s Issue of the Moment
With an election approaching, Spain’s prime minister promised to legalize euthanasia after watching footage of a husband helping his wife kill herself.