OREGON ARTICLES
- Oregon Situation at End of the Year (2011)
- Text of 13th official report (2010) Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (2011)
- 13th official report: Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (2011)
- Compassion and Choices Compiles Oregon Assisted Suicide “Official” Statistics! (2010)
- Oregon Hospices Not Participating in Assisted Suicide (2010)
- Oregon Medical Board Suspends Doctor Who Wants to Open Assisted-Suicide Facility (2010)
- Twelveth Official Report on Assisted Suicide in Oregon (2010)
- Oregon Health Plan Denies Chemo-Therapy But Approves Assisted Suicide (2009)
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The Chilling Truth About the City Where They Pay People to Die (2009)
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Oregon Assisted Suicide at Record High (2009)
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Cancer Treatment Not Approved; Physician Aid in Dying Ok (2008)
- "Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective" (2008)
- Oregon Health Plan Refuses to Pay for Prescribed Treatment, but Tells Patient It Will Pay for Assisted Suicide
(2008)
- Oregon Assisted Suicides Without Symptoms
(2008)
- Pain Management In Oregon
- History of Assisted Suicide In Oregon
- Nurses Investigated In Oregon Assisted Suicide Case (2007)
- Oregon's Assisted-Suicide Law Draws Attention (2007)
- Annual Oregon Assisted Suicide Report Shorter with More Ambiguous Language (2007)
- Ninth Official Report on Assisted Suicide in Oregon (2007)
- When Killing Yourself Isn’t Suicide (2007)
- California Legislators Eye Oregon As They Consider Similar Law (2007)
- State Sidesteps 'Suicide' in Report (2006)
- Doctors Discuss Oregon's Law (2006)
- Facts on Oregon's Eight Years of Experience (2006)
- US Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Physician Assisted Suicide Law (2006)
- Doctor Says Assisted Suicide Decreasing Good Medical Practice (November, 2005)
- Facts on Oregon's Seven Years of Experience (July, 2005)
- Supreme Court Marijuana Ruling and Oregon Assisted Suicide (June, 2005)
- Oregon Issues Seventh Annual Report on Legal Physician Assisted Suicide (March, 2005)
- U.S. Supreme Court Decides to Review Oregon's Assisted-Suicide Law (February, 2005)
- Doctors in Oregon Concerned About Newborn Euthanasia in the Netherlands (December, 2004)
- Bush Administration Appeals Decision on Oregon Assisted Suicide Law (November, 2004)
- Oregon Assisted Suicide Headed for Supreme Court (August, 2004)
- Study Says Pain Control Isn't Better (July, 2004)
- Palliative Care for Elderly, Disabled, Worse Since Assisted Suicide Legalized (July, 2004)
- Bush Asks Court to Reconsider Oregon Assisted Suicide Ruling (July, 2004)
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Attorney General (May, 2004)
- Oregon: Assisted Suicide Endangers Patients with History of Pre-existing Mental Illness (2004)
- 6th Annual Report on Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act" (2004)
- Number of Prescriptions of Lethal Doses of Medication under Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act" (1998-2003) - Chart
- Number of Deaths under Oregon's Physician Assisted Suicide Act (1998-2002)- Charts
- Why People Killed Themselves in 2002 under Oregon's Physician Assisted Suicide Act - Charts
- Twice as Many Assisted Suicides in 2002 as During First Year (2003 Official Report on Assisted Suicide in Oregon)
- Attorney General: Controlled Substances Cannot Be Used For Assisted Suicide (November, 2001)
- Oregon People Who Died By Assisted Suicide in 2000 - Charts
- State Assisted Suicide Report (2000)
- How-To Suicide Video Shown in Oregon (February, 2000)
- Ralph Nader Condemns Assisted Suicide Law (August, 2000)
- Kate Cheney's Oregon Death Illustrates Dangers (1999)
- New Doctors Group Criticizes Oregon Assisted Suicide Law (March, 1999)
- Oregon Assisted Suicide Deaths - 1998
- Oregon Taxpayers To Cover Assisted Suicide (February, 1998)
- Reaction to Oregon Assisted Suicide Vote of 1997
- Oregon "Death with Dignity Act" (2004)
"The word "compassion" comes from the Latin root meaning "to suffer with."
Assisted suicide kills a human being, but there is another victim. Our
humanity -- the capacity to suffer with the most vulnerable members of our
society -- dies as well."
... Dr. Jose A. Bufill, medical oncologist (USA Today; June 4, 2002)
"It is not surprising that the numbers of assisted suicides have doubled. Nor should it be surprising that they may again double and redouble over the years. Assisted suicide is now legally acceptable there, and people are becoming more aware of its availability. The social stigma dissolves and, most important, it is a cheaper and easier alternative than caring for terminally ill and disabled persons. Oregon has introduced a bad apple in the health care barrel."
... Tom Marzen, attorney for the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependant and Disabled, commenting on the Oregon'a assisted suicide law's 2002 figures. (March, 2003)
“It would be like someone driving down a highway and the state decided that they would no longer have any law enforcement officers near the highway to see if people are driving within the speed limit. But if instead they said, 'When you reach your destination, call us and tell us whether you broke the law.' It wouldn’t make any sense, and yet that’s exactly how the reports are coming out of Oregon. This is very important for people to realize, not only in the United States, but also across the world because Oregon is being used as the model for assisted suicide working well” ... Rita L. Marker, JD, executive director of The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (2007)(Click here for article)
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