Read the complete Oregon Death With Dignity Act, 1994, and the reports of its conduct by visiting the state's own site:
http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/ar-index.shtml

In its first ten years of operation, a total of 341 people used this law to bring their terminal illnesses to an end. Only residents of Oregon are allowed to use this law.

Read the verbatim opinions and rulings of the 9th Circuit and also the 2nd Circuit in the cases about the status in the Constitution of physician-assisted suicide. Read summaries of the Supreme Court's two rulings in Washington v. Glucksberg and in Vacco v. Quill.

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