Oregon 9 Year Report

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) released its ninth annual report on the Death with Dignity Act, confirming Oregonians benefit from improved end-of-life care under the statute.

The report is notable this year for its use of value-neutral language to describe a patient's choice for aid in dying. ODHS no longer uses the inflammatory term "assisted suicide," instead referring to "persons who use the Oregon Death with Dignity Act." The new language reflects the intent of the law which states, "Actions taken in accordance with (Oregon's Death with Dignity Act) shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing or homicide, under the law."

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• Dying

[carolloving]

Death with Dignity, absolutely!

[salemcripple]

Any one who is against this. Has never had to deal with imence pain every day. and the aspect of knowing that you are going to deal with this pain every day, for decades to come! My dissability causes me pain alot of the time, but not so much as i can't deal with it. Plus I love liveing! But i don't know if i could stand being in a whole bunch of pain every day.

[garciadayna1994]

This "Death with Dignity" Law In Oregon, is Created to Stop Any Liability, that comes from The Word "Assited Suicide".You Can Be Sure An Attorney, Or Group's of Same, came up with this law not to Promote "Death with dignity" But to Protect Physician's from Being Sued. As for the actual act to Die with Dignity, I agree, But That should be left to the Individual Who is Suffering. That Should Be His Or Her Choice to make at that critical part of their Life, Not Attorney's or Doctor's.