Read a June 4, 2013, Christian News Network story about Maine’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejecting a bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide.

Read a June 14, 2013, Wall Street Journal story about proposed changes to Belgium’s euthanasia law to make it more widely available, potentially even to gravely ill teenagers.

Read a June 23, 2013, story by BioEdge.org that says assisted-suicide prescriptions in Washington state were up 17 percent in 2012 compared with 2011.

Read a July 1, 2013, Reuters blog post about the debate in France over whether to legalize voluntary euthanasia.

Sandra Marshall is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Stirling. She is interested in research which connects legal, political and social philosophy. She is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

Read a July 11, 2013, New York Times story about the possibility that Nelson Mandela’s family is facing thorny issues regarding his end-of-life care.

James Lenman is a professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. His research focuses mainly on ethics (especially metaethics) and morality. He is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

The Internet Guide to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies is an online resource for information on all things Buddhism.

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