Sentence examples for voluntary ending from inspiring English sources

We're not talking euthanasia here, because the voluntary ending of life in the final stages of terminal illness has been legal in the Netherlands for years, under strict conditions.

Elective abortions encompassed any induced or voluntary ending of the pregnancy.

The Alumni Council of Dartmouth appointed an Indian Symbol Study Committee, and with the board of trustees asked for a voluntary end to the use of the symbol.

Earlier on Saturday, the Philippines, a US treaty ally, presented a three-point initiative that incorporated the American concept of a voluntary end to tension-producing activities.

• To the Editor: Those Republicans who deride the idea of voluntary end-of-life counseling ought to redirect their attention to Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, who signed into law a measure cutting state Medicaid financing for certain transplant operations.

One way to promote equal access to advance care planning is to revitalize the original Affordable Care Act proposal to include one voluntary end-of-life planning consultation session as an option in the annual wellness visit for Medicare beneficiaries.

During the debates on Obamacare in 2009, Republicans picked up on a part of the bill that suggested the terminally ill should have access to voluntary end-of-life counselling sessions, paid for by Medicare.

The provision requiring that Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling was introduced by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican — yes, Republican — of Georgia, who says that it's "nuts" to claim that it has anything to do with euthanasia.

An important finding, which emerged from the fieldwork in Germany was that a combination of factors is shifting the balance of emphasis and activity from the formal and binding to the informal and voluntary end of this spectrum.

Unfortunately, our politicians' failures to communicate with honesty and civility about dying have completely distorted the proposal to include voluntary end-of-life counseling within health care reform or as an additional Medicare service.

One of many examples is the threat of "death panels", raised by former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others in reaction to a provision (Section 1233) in the House bill (H.R. 3200) which would provide funding for voluntary end-of-life counseling by physicians on such matters as living wills.