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Ballot Measure 16
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Ballot Measure 16
A bill in Oregon that legalized physician-assisted suicide with certain restriction. It was narrowly approved—51% of the voters—and has withstood challenges by the federal court. The state of Washington voted on a similar measure—initiative 1000—and approved it with 58% of the voters


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of Edinburgh, UK), who has studied the Oregon Death with Dignity Act and legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, argues for better palliative care in the debate over physician-assisted suicide.
PHILADELPHIA--While physicians in much of the United States struggle with issues surrounding end-of-life care, those in Oregon may help their terminally ill patients end their lives because of the state's groundbreaking, 10-year-old Death With Dignity Act.
Finally, Clinton will end Bush's record of federal interference with Oregon's Death with Dignity Act - and if Congress passes legislation to overturn our law, she is the only candidate who has committed to veto it.
 
 
 
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