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  2. 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16 - Wikipedia

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    Act 39 in Vermont, the first state to pass a death with dignity law by legislative action; Assisted suicide in the United States; List of Oregon ballot measures; California End of Life Option Act; Compassion & Choices of Oregon, providing medical consultation and direct service for persons eligible for the Oregon Death with Dignity law.

  3. Gonzales v. Oregon - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Assisted suicide in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In January 2015, D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh introduced the Death with Dignity Act of 2015. [39] On October 5, 2016, the D.C. Committee on Health and Human Services voted 3–2 for the Death with Dignity Act. On November 1, 2016, the D.C. Council voted 11–2 to advance the Death with Dignity Act.

  5. Lethal Death with Dignity Act prescriptions, deaths ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. The Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) was first established in Oregon in 1997. It allows terminally ill patients to end their lives through self-administration of a lethal medication.

  7. Death with Dignity National Center - Wikipedia

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    The most recent successful efforts led to the voter approved Washington Death with Dignity Act in 2008, [20] the first-ever death with dignity law [21] passed through a state legislature, in Vermont, [22] the California End of Life Option Act in 2015, the Washington, D.C. Death with Dignity Act [23] in 2016–2017, the Hawaii Our Care, Our ...

  8. Brittany Maynard - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Ron Wyden - Wikipedia

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    Oregon in support of the State of Oregon, and praised the eventual decision to uphold the law. [59] In 2006, Wyden informed Senate leadership that he would block legislation overturning the Death with Dignity Act. [60] In 2009 he said that he would continue to "fight tooth and nail" to block new federal attempts to block the law. [57]