Timeline: euthanasia

Jan 1, 1001

Ancient Greeks and Romans support Euthanasia

5th century B.C -1st century B.C; dying was done for the right reasons and they kept a steady supply of poision for anyone who wished to die.

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1700

Comon Law Tradition Prohibits Suicide and Assisted Suicide

With a common law the Americas decided that assisted suicide is unnatural and declared that someone kills him/herself out of self-hatred.

Sep 5, 1906

Bills to Legalize Euthanasia are defeated in Ohio

By a vote of 79-23. A similar initiative was introduced that would legalize euthanasia not only for termanal ill adults but also for hideously deformed or idiotic children.

Aug 29, 1937

Voluntary Euthanasia Act Introduced in US Senate

Nebraska Senator john Comstock introduces legislation called the Coluntart Euthanasia Act, which calls for the legalization of actice euthanasia. It is never voted on.

Oct 1, 1976

Nations First Aid in Dying Statute Sighned into Law in CA

CA Gov. Edmund G Brown JR. signs the CA Natural Death Act into law and CA becomes the first state in the nation to grant therminally ill persons the right to authorize withdrawl of life-sustaining medical treatment when death is believed to me imminent.

Jun 4, 1990

Jack Kevorkian Participates In His First Assisted Suicide

Jack Kevorkian, M.D. assists Janet Adkins in committing suicide in Michigan. Adkins death is the first of many suicides in which Dr. Kevorkian assists.