RSS2009 Annual Report
We have put together a report about our activities during the last fiscal year. Reflecting on our successes and challenges provides us strength and optimism as we face a new year, and we would like to share our accomplishments with you.
To read more about our accomplishments, please read our Annual Report.
More Headlines from DDNC
- Ruth Proskauer Smith, committed Death with Dignity Supporter, Passes Away - Jan. 28, 2010
- IRA Charitable Rollover Tax Savings Benefit - Dec. 17, 2009
- Warm Holiday Wishes from DDNC! - Dec. 17, 2009
- 11 End Lives Under WA Assisted Suicide Law - Oct. 14, 2009
- Let's Debate Without Distractions - Sept. 21, 2009
- In emotional moment, Obama invokes grandmother's death to counter debunked 'death panel' claim - Sept. 01, 2009
- Montana Ruling - Sept. 01, 2009
- Quebec College of Physicians - Sept. 01, 2009
- Health Care Reform in the US - Sept. 01, 2009
- Worldwide Attention on Death with Dignity Issues - Sept. 01, 2009
In the News
| Jan. 26, 2010 | Gilderdale case prompts fresh calls to clarify the law on assisted dying - Times Online | |
| Jan. 26, 2010 | Should law be changed on 'mercy killings'? - BBC | |
| Jan. 25, 2010 | Right to die: For and against - BBC | |
| Jan. 23, 2010 | Britons travelling to Dignitas-style clinics to commit sucide face new £30,000 death tax - Telegraph | |
| Jan. 21, 2010 | Scottish committee to investigate legalising assisted suicide - The Guardian | |
| Jan. 21, 2010 | Assisted suicide bill published by MSP Margo MacDonald - BBC | |
| Jan. 13, 2010 | NH | 'Death With Dignity' Bill Rejected By NH House - WMUR 9 New Hampshire |
| Jan. 12, 2010 | Swiss politicians ponder ban on assisted suicide - RT.com | |
| Jan. 11, 2010 | NY | Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait - The New York Times |
| Jan. 10, 2010 | MT | Doctors won't rush into assisted suicide - Billings Gazette |
Defend dignity. Take action.
For more than 14 years, the Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC), a 501(c)(3), non-partisan, non-profit organization, has been the leading advocate in the death with dignity movement. Leaders in our organization originally wrote and have continued advocating for the Oregon Death with Dignity Law. DDNC has met these challenges through extensive legal defense of the Oregon law, education and outreach programs, and by developing and nurturing diverse financial resources with one goal in mind: to ensure DDNC's financial vitality and its position as a leader in the death with dignity movement.
Your donation today will enable us to continue to advocate for the right of the terminally ill to die with dignity. Please click here to give a secure, online donation. Thank you.
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Political Action Fund
The Death with Dignity National Center partners with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund (the Fund) to conduct lobbying and political activities in order to achieve the enactment of Death with Dignity laws in other states. The partnership resulted in tremendous success with the resounding win in the 2008 Washington Death with Dignity campaign.
Learn more about the Fund's efforts to bring dignity to people around the nation.
About Death with Dignity
The greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one's own desires and beliefs. The most common desire among those with a terminal illness is to die with some measure of dignity. From advance directives to physician-assisted dying, death with dignity is a movement to provide options for the dying to control their own end-of-life care.
Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC) is the leader in this movement, successfully establishing, advancing and defending the landmark Oregon Death with Dignity Act -- a national catalyst for openly discussing and actively reforming end-of-life care for those who are terminally ill.
Learn more about the National Center and our family of organizations.
Patients & Families
The Death with Dignity National Center was formed out of a profound commitment to the idea that personal end-of-life decisions should be made solely between a patient and a physician. Based on this commitment, we are pleased to provide you with support and information as you face the difficult challenges ahead.
Research Center
We have compiled a comprehensive collection of legal briefs, journal articles, and newspaper clippings. We invite you to explore the wide array of information we have collected throughout our history.
In our Research Center you will find frequently asked questions, the history of the death with dignity movement, state monitoring statistics, and a copy of this groundbreaking statute.
