The state law, officially known as the Death with Dignity Act, is the only one in the nation allowing doctor-assisted suicide.
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act of 1994 should be repealed.
Oregon's Death With Dignity Act is an excellent model.
A similar bill is found in Louisiana, where it is named the Human Dignity Act.
Oregon voters approved the Death With Dignity Act in 1994 and affirmed it 1997.
The most recent effort led to the voter approved Washington Death with Dignity Act in 2008.
They also felt that the safeguards in the Death with Dignity Act were adequate.
Is the Oregon Death with Dignity Act a good law?
In 2008 voted on by initiative the Washington Death with Dignity Act passed and became law.
Since 1998, 292 people have died under the terms of Oregon's Death With Dignity Act.