Authorities in Georgia and Maryland have arrested four people after a sting operation targeting a group which offers assistance to people who want to commit suicide.
The arrests were made after agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation set up a sting operation Wednesday at a home in Dawson County, north of Atlanta, where an undercover agent posed as a member of the Final Exit Network suffering from pancreatic cancer who wanted to commit suicide.

The Death With Dignity Act takes effect March 5 in Washington State. … Whether they think the law is right or wrong, health and medical professionals in Washington need to be prepared when their patients want to talk about it.