Although Jack Kevorkian's health is failing, he says he would not choose assisted suicide for himself, but he still believes others should have an option.

In a written response to questions from the Detroit News published Thursday, Kevorkian said, "Remember that I did not advocate assisted suicide. I only advocated that a person should have the right to have the option if he or she, in sound mind, needed and desired it while in irremediable pain and suffering and terminal

A 15-year-old Indian boy killed himself fearing that he will be heavily ostracized because both his parents were HIV positive.

People suffering from HIV/AIDS face discrimination, including denied access to schools and hospitals, according to sources

The euthanasia crusader who says he's assisted in more than 130 suicides says he should have focused on passing legislation on the issue instead.

Jack Kevorkian, 78, is currently serving 10 to 25 years as a result of a second-murder conviction for assisting in the 1999 suicide of a man with Lou Gehrig's Disease. The man's death was videotaped and played on the CBS program "60 Minutes

A new law could put doctors in legal trouble in Belfast.

The Mental Capacity Act will give patients the right to make "living wills," detailing their treatment, but doctors say it might bring medics to court on charges of euthanasia

An English man left paralyzed by a racist attack while working in Germany says he is arranging to die in Switzerland next year on his 48th birthday.

Noel Martin, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, was doing construction work in Germany in 1996 when skinheads threw concrete through his windscreen. Now he can barely feel anything or move below the neck