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Source: Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA Throughout the United States there is an increase in legislation related to assisted suicide. In 2022, the Assembly of Bishops’ Statement on the Sacredness of Human Life and its Untimely Termination addresses this issue: “In recent years, the possibilities for ill persons to choose to end their own lives have increased with access to medications that hasten death and legislation that allows for physicians to assist in the death of their patients. The Church grieves the pain and suffering many people experience in this life, but it cannot and does…