If it passes, the measure would make Washington the first state or country to legalize active euthanasia.

It was the first essay in the philosophical community that openly advocated active euthanasia.

But, he said, "drugs given exclusively to hasten death and not for a patient's comfort are considered active euthanasia."

But at this point public discussion of active euthanasia can hardly be avoided.

Without saying it outright, he'd declared they were not about to commit active euthanasia.

While active euthanasia remains illegal in China, it is gaining increasing acceptance among doctors and the general populace.

The high court rejected active euthanasia by means of lethal injection.

Elsewhere in the world active euthanasia is almost always illegal.

It follows that there is no objective reason why the question of decriminalising active euthanasia should appear in this report.

He could no more commit active euthanasia than will his heart to a standstill.