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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 article gives us a look at the number of people in the state of Oregon who underwent forced sterilization. This law was not repealed until 1983

Legislation concerning doctor-assisted suicide is explored in this site. Several states are currently considering new legislation on this matter, including Maine, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire. This issue is deeply divisive, and this website explores these divisions.

Recently, Oregon has been named the "top state in the union for personal freedom." Apparently they have no problem with people riding bikes naked, but smoking marijuana, a problem. However, another section of the article stated that rankings, or polls are "essentially meaningless jumble of arbitrary numbers."

This is an example of a counterargument. Some people believe that having a gun during a mass shooting will stop the shootings, but that's not really the case

Oregon has a system in place for people to make some choices about their end of life care and whether they want to have their lives sustained or not. The state has set up a database for EMT's and doctors to make it easier to follow the wishes of the patients. Most patients who fill out the POLSR don't want to be resuscitated.

This article talks about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act passed in 1997. It reviews your personal freedom to die at a time & place of your choice if your facing a terminal illness.

This is surprising to see in the way that it has been kept underground and has had successful results. Although it is not surprising that many terminally ill patients would opt for this.

This article is a tough one. I agree with everything everyone is saying, but initially it is about the person who is suffering. If one of my family members were suffering with an illness that unfortunately ended with an early death and they were in horrible pain, I would rather tem be at peace and end their suffering if it is what they wanted.

Oregon's Death With Dignity Law allows people who are terminally ill to chose their own fate. Oregon is the first law to allow this act, and so far only 525 people have chosen the death with dignity act since it got passed in 1997.

Few states have passed the law that terminally ill individuals can choose to end their lives with a lethal medication. Montana ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted in assisting of one's death but cannot guarantee it's a constitutional right.

This letter is in response to George Novak's Feb. 17 letter, "Relaxing law requiring of motorcycle helmets is a bad idea." My name is Mark Nicholson, and I am the chairman of the Association for Motorcyclists of Oregon, an organization where our slogan is "Freedom of Choice."