Assisted Suicide in Oregon

Article by Fabian Stahle outlining how Oregon’s assisted suicide laws are less restrictive than thought. Read more >>

Continue Reading → OREGON: Oregon Health Authority Reveals Hidden Problems with the Oregon Assisted Suicide Model:

A series of articles covering the report of Fabian Stahle, a Swedish opponent of euthanasia, have confirmed that the term “terminal illness” in Oregon’s assisted suicide act has a wider definition than specified in the act. Read more >>

Continue Reading → OREGON: Diabetics are eligible for assisted suicide in Oregon – state officials :

In Oregon, 48.9% of patients who ended their lives under the state’s assisted suicide act said that fear of being a burden was one of their reasons. We should be very worried by this, argues Charles Foster, a British medical ethicist. Read more >>

Continue Reading → UNITED STATES (OREGON): Is fear of being a burden a good reason for assisted suicide?

A bill introduced in the Oregon Senate would drastically alter current advance directive laws, diminishing the effects of powers of attorney and allowing incapacitated patients to be refused ordinary food and water. It would also mandate the formation of an unelected state committee to create a new advance directive form. Read more >>

Continue Reading → UNITED STATES (OREGON): Oregon Bill Would Allow Starvation of Alzheimer’s Patients, Could Set Up Death Panels:

The 2016 Oregon annual assisted suicide report is similar to prior years. The report implies that the deaths were voluntary (self-administered), but the information in the report does not address that subject. Read more >>

Continue Reading → UNITED STATES (OREGON): Oregon 2016 assisted suicide report. Under-reporting of assisted suicide deaths?