RSSOregon and Washington Release 2009 Reports
Both Oregon and Washington States released their 2009 reports on the use of the Death with Dignity law in each state. In 2009, 59 terminally ill patients used the law to hasten their deaths in Oregon and 36 terminally ill patients used the law in Washington. Links to these reports are below.
Oregon 2009 Report
Oregon 2009 Report Table
To see Oregon State reports from previous years, please click here.
More Headlines from DDNC
- DDNC Seeking Outreach Manager/Web Communications Specialist - March 09, 2010
- 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
- DDNC 2009 Annual Report - 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
In the News
| March 9, 2010 | WA | Booth Gardner documentary basks in Oscars spotlight - The Seattle Times |
| March 8, 2010 | CT | Early Arguments In Connecticut Doctor Assisted Suicide Case - WTIC News Talk 1080 |
| March 7, 2010 | WA | Why some couldn't die on their own terms - The Seattle Times |
| March 4, 2010 | WA | Suicide doses for 63 in 1st 9 months of Wash. law - The Seattle Times |
| March 3, 2010 | Call for views over assisted suicide Bill - Edinburgh Evening News | |
| March 2, 2010 | IL | Study: Parents Weigh Hastening End for Dying Children - Time, Inc. |
| March 2, 2010 | IL | Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids - The Associated Press |
| Feb. 25, 2010 | Law on assisted dying is inhuman, says GP with cancer - The Guardian | |
| Feb. 25, 2010 | Assisted suicide - reaction to new guidelines - Times Online | |
| Feb. 25, 2010 | Mercy killers to face the full rigour of criminal law, says DPP - Times Online |
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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.
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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.
