State laws on assisted suicide.
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Originally Posted by AXOmom
I'm not going to express an opinion at this point, but just as an informational note - Oregon was the first state to pass a Death with Dignity Act (1997 I believe). Washington followed in 2009.
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1994. Oregon was ahead of their time.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
That said, the Washington State law makes a lot of sense. The law only serves people with a terminal diagnosis. There was probably some concern that the law would be expanded to include folks without terminal disease or that doctors and/or insurance companies would pressure folks into selecting life-ending treatment, but that simply hasn't happened. Some are going to object on religious grounds. In states like mine, those folks are going to be in the majority for quite some time.
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I agree, especially with the bolded.
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