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He was advising terminally ill non-residents about travelling to Oregon to end their lives
Oregon, the first American state to permit assisted suicide, has abandoned a key safeguard in its ground-breaking legislation. Its 1997 Death With Dignity Act stipulated that a person who receives a lethal prescription must be a “resident of Oregon”. This makes it more likely that the person’s doctor will be able to assess his eligibility for assisted suicide – […]
The Sunday Times, the leading newspaper in the UK, has launched a campaign to end the ban on assisted suicide. It has thrown its weight behind a private member’s bill in the House of Lords introduced by Baroness Meacher, who is also the chair of Dignity in Dying. At the top of the page is the […]
Here are the latest figures on assisting dying in the US state of Oregon. The 2020 data shows, among other concerns, that: The numbers continue to rise steadily — 15% per year average; they are 0.61% of all deaths in Oregon (2% of all cancer deaths), up 20% from 2019 From 1 Jan 2020 the 15-day […]
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