ELECTION DAY: oregon voters pass Measure 16 (51% to 49%), recognizing the right of terminally ill state residents to end their suffering though physician assisted suicide.
[restored 3/21/2023]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
oregon constitution, article XVII, section 2
www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Pages/OrConst.aspx
References:
Oregon Death with Dignity Act: A History – Physician-Assisted Death Oregon – Death With Dignity
www.deathwithdignity.org/oregon-death-with-dignity-act-history/