Several laws have been entitled the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act:
- The Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (1985, revised 1989), recommended as a Uniform Act in the United States, and subsequently passed by many states. The law allows a person to declare a living will specifying that, if the situation arises, he or she does not wish to be kept alive through life support if terminally ill.
- The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (1995) of Australia's Northern Territory, legalizing euthanasia in certain cases until it was nullified by the federal Parliament.