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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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