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Only one state, Oregon, has legalized assisted suicide. The Oregon statute, which went into effect in October 1997, provides that a doctor may prescribe, but not administer, a lethal dose of medication to a patient who has less than six months to live. Two doctors must agree that the patient is mentally competent and that the decision was voluntary. As of April 1999, 23 patients were given drugs under the statute, and 15 of them used the drugs to commit suicide. A report released by the Oregon state Health Division reviewing the first year of the law's implementation found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse.

This webpage is all aspects of the topic of assisted suicide. It talks about the diffrent states that now allow assisted suicide and gives you links to other webpages that has to do with this subject. It also talks about the doctor who made assisted suicide a big issue, Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

For years many patients have wanted to end their pain and suffering that their terminal illness has cause. This article shows many pros and cons to Physician assisted suicide. Dr. Jack Kevorkian began this conquest for the approval of physician assisted suicide and many people still fight for the approval of physician assisted suicide.

This article talks about a doctor who assisted a patient to release lethal drugs in her body in attempt for suicide. However, the doctor was tried for second degree murder and was sentenced to jail for nine years. The judge refused to hear arguments from the patient's family.