11.   He also criticized the statute that outlaws assisted suicide in New York.

12.   Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe said current laws in New York and other states create an ad hoc, irrational distinction between ending life support and assisting suicide.

13.   He even opposed a Michigan ballot measure that would have legalized assisted suicide, on grounds that the regulations were too strict.

14.   He writes from a perspective shaped by assisting the suicide of his mother, who was dying of cancer.

15.   In this case the grand jury on Thursday indicted Kevorkian on charges of assisting a suicide, attempting to assist a suicide and conspiracy to assist a suicide.

16.   It added that family members and loved ones will inevitably participate in assisting suicide.

17.   Kevorkian has been acquitted three times of violating a now-expired Michigan statute against assisting a suicide.

18.   Kevorkian has been tried three times on charges of assisting suicides and acquitted each time.

19.   Now the medical profession has taken stock of its experiences and decided to tighten rules for euthanasia and assisted suicide.

20.   Now the medical profession has taken stock of its experiences of the last decade and decided to tighten some rules for euthanasia and assisted suicide.