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Briefs filed by the state of Oregon in the Oregon v. Gonzales case; Is the Oregon Death with Dignity Act a good law? Website with pros and cons; Oregon Voter's Pamphlet Special Election November 1997 – Measure 51 – includes the full text of the measure, and arguments for and against; The New Atlantis: Ten Years of "Death with Dignity"
The Death with Dignity National Center is affiliated with the Death with Dignity Political Fund, a distinct and separately incorporated 501(c)(4) organization responsible for the promotion of death with dignity legislation in other states around the U.S. where medically assisted death has become the law in 9 states and the capital [7]:
Prescriptions for lethal doses of medication in Oregon increased by nearly 30% in 2023, the same year an amendment to the state's Death with Dignity Act removed the in-state residency requirement ...
Apr. 20—The Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) 26th annual report about the Oregon Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) shows an almost 30% increase in the number of prescriptions written for lethal doses ...
Physician-assisted dying was first legalized by the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act, with effect delayed by lawsuits until 1997. [181] As of 2025, it is legal in the following states and districts: Oregon since 1997 [182] Washington (state) since 2008 [183] Montana since 2009 [184] Vermont since 2013 [185] California since 2015 [186] [187]
Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court which ruled that the United States Attorney General cannot enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act against physicians who prescribed drugs, in compliance with Oregon state law, to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives, commonly referred to as assisted suicide. [1]
Compassion & Choices, providing medical consultation and direct service for persons eligible for the Vermont Death with Dignity law. Death with Dignity National Center, an organization founded to pass and support the law. Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994) Oregon Death with Dignity Act, Vermont's Act 39 was modelled after Oregon's law
She moved from California to Oregon to take advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Law, [10] saying she had decided that "death with dignity was the best option for me and my family." [8] [11] She partnered with Compassion & Choices to create the Brittany Maynard Fund, which seeks to legalize assisted death in states where it is now illegal. [4]