…r. Kathleen Foley, please read Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective.[2] The focus of the discussion below is the Oregon Health Division data.[3] These reports are based on forms filed with the state by the physicians who prescribe lethal doses and the pharmacies that dispense the drugs. As the early state reports admitted: “As best we could determine, all participating physicians complied with the provisions of the Act. . ….

…fore You,” people are taught that lives like mine are a humiliating burden calling out for death. Major U.S. Disability Groups Opposed To Assisted Suicide ADAPT American Assn. of People with Disabilities Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living Autistic Self Advocacy Network Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund National Council on Disability National Council on Independent Living TASH The Arc of the United States United Spinal As…

…r. Kathleen Foley, please read Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective.[2] The focus of the discussion below is the Oregon Health Division data.[3] These reports are based on forms filed with the state by the physicians who prescribe lethal doses and the pharmacies that dispense the drugs. As the early state reports admitted: “As best we could determine, all participating physicians complied with the provisions of the Act. . ….

…g one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.” As the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs stated in its report on the issue this year, “The terms ‘aid in dying’ or ‘death with dignity’ could be used to describe euthanasia or palliative/hospice care at the end of life and this degree of ambiguity is unacceptable for providing ethical guidance.”[1] Assisted suicide proponents understandably prefer to call it “aid in dying” because it polls…