THIS DAY AT LAW
Today in legal history...
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide
On November 8, 1994, Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act by voter initiative, becoming the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Read the
Death With Dignity Act
, visit the
Death With Dignity National Center website
and review a
guide to websites and literature on doctor-assisted suicide
from Virginia's Longwood University. For recent developments, see Professor Valerie J. Vollmar's
Physician-Assisted Death website
at Willamette University College of Law.
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