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Death with Dignity National Center is a 501(c)3, non-partisan, non-profit organization that has led the legal defense and education of the Oregon Death with Dignity Law for more than 11 years. Death with Dignity National Center is affiliated with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund, a distinct and separate 501(c)4 entity responsible for the political defense of the Oregon law and the promotion of Death with Dignity initiatives in other states. Death with Dignity National Center's and Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund's boards of directors are comprised of some of the Death with Dignity movement's most esteemed medical, legal and scholarly experts.
Members of the press, please direct your inquiries to our executive director, Peg Sandeen or via phone at 503-228-4415.
Below you will find our most recent press releases.
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Georgia Supreme Court Hears Assisted Death Case
Posted by Melissa Barber on November 30, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell is what sprung to mind when I watched the videos of Forsyth County District Attorney Penny Penn and defense attorney Robert Rivas present oral arguments to the Supreme Court of Georgia about the state's current statute regarding assisted death. This hearing is the latest twist in a case that's stretched on for three long years. It sounds like Don't Ask, Don't Tell because Georgia is arguing assisted death is permitted if the participants don't advertise or talk about it publicly.How the state reached this conclusion is a winding road: After four members of the Final Exit Network were arrested in 2009, they were indicted by Forsyth County grand ...
2011 Annual Report
Posted by Peg Sandeen, MSW on October 24, 2011
I'm pleased to present our 2011 Annual Report detailing the organizational activities undertaken by the Death with Dignity National Center during fiscal year 2010-2011. Our nation is facing difficult times, and economic issues are at the forefront of all policy discussions. And, yet, donors to the National Center have been exceedingly generous this past year. Your support has made it possible for us to continue our work improving end-of-life options for terminally ill individuals.Relationships. Partnerships. Networking. These are the keywords best describing our activities of the past year. Focused on grassroots organizing, staff and board members of the Death with Dignity National Center have forged important alliances with advocacy groups, interested individuals, and medical professionals throughout New England ...
Steve Jobs on Death and Dying
Posted by Melissa Barber on October 6, 2011
If you live each day as if it was your last, someday, you’ll most certainly be right.
That's the quote Steve Jobs chose to begin telling the third story about the pivotal points in his life he shared with Stanford graduates in 2005. In our society, which is so averse to talking about death and dying, this speech caught my eye early in my work with the Death with Dignity National Center.
As I recall, I was impressed such a public figure discussed this taboo subject at this large event. I shared it on Twitter and perhaps on Facebook before filing it away in my memory as one discussion about death, dying, and how getting close to it ...
Meet Nancy Niedzielski in Vermont
Posted by Melissa Barber on October 4, 2011
Patient Choices Vermont hosts Nancy Niedzielski this week for a series of free events to help all Vermonters learn more about their Death with Dignity bill poised for passage during the 2012 session.In 2008, Nancy bravely shared her story with Washingtonians during the effort to pass the state's Death with Dignity Act as a promise to her dying husband. Fulfilling her promise, she played a pivotal role in the passage of Washington's Death with Dignity Act, Initiative 1000. Her efforts were recently featured in the documentary How to Die in Oregon.
Nancy joins Patient Choices Vermont for this speaking tour as they work to pass their own Death with Dignity legislation. Come hear her inspiring story and ...
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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. 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 is the leader in this movement, successfully establishing, advancing and defending the landmark Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts.
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The Death with Dignity National Center partners with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund to conduct lobbying and political activities in order to achieve the enactment of Death with Dignity laws in other states.
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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. We are pleased to provide you with support and information as you face the difficult challenges ahead.
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