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Herbert Hendin, M.D. and Kathleen Foley, M.D. (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 106; 8, June 2008). While previous articles have examined assisted suicide from legal and ethical perspectives, this article examines the Oregon law from a medical perspective. The authors found that seemingly reasonable safeguards which were written into the Oregon law for the care and protection of terminally ill patients, do not appear to have achieved their purpose. Canadian lawmaker plans to introduce her euthanasia and assisted-suicide bill again. Funding Watch Assisted-suicide activists loudly proclaim that those who oppose transforming assisted suicide into a "medical treatment" are well-funded. However, the reality is that assisted-suicide activists are driving attempts to legalize assisted suicide in Washington with huge donations. Contributions made by assisted-suicide advocacy groups and by campaign spokesperson, former Governor Booth Gardner, through 3/28/08, total $462,670. (4/21/08) Debate about I-1000 (video) Debate, sponsored by the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs, features Duane French and Booth Gardner. "Euthanasia: False Light" View the ITF's compelling 15-minute video, the winner of two prestigious national Telly Awards. Narrated by actor, Joseph Campanella, the video looks at euthanasia and assisted suicide through the eyes of five people -- three patients, a doctor, and a hospice nurse, all of whom speak from their hearts, not from a script.
"Oregon's assisted-suicide law:
Revealing Quotes from Those in the Know
Ten Years of
Assisted Suicide in Oregon
Analysis of Initiative 1000, Washington State's
assisted-suicide proposal.
Latest ITF Update
2007
legislative measures to legalize assisted-suicide.
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