[gracesdad]

I have no problem at all with the way Oregon does it. Opponents claimed hundreds would start killing themselves and doctors would start pushing it. The most people who have taken the drug in one year? 46. The most who have requested it? Fewer than 70.

[wagglebee]

I have no problem at all with the way Oregon does it. Opponents claimed hundreds would start killing themselves and doctors would start pushing it. The most people who have taken the drug in one year? 46. The most who have requested it? Fewer than 70.

So, at what level does the taking of human life become unacceptable to you?

[cherry]

I by no means advocate for tube feedings, ventilators, excessive antibiotic therapy for those elderly, and those chronically ill with terminal diseases.......

however, we must give HOPE to people that do have devastating diagnosises ...my own mother died a slow death because there was nothing that could be done, supposedly....

in retrospect, I wish the doctors had tried something just to give my mom a sliver of hope, dim as it was, instead of just "you're going to die" and that's it...

Hospice was of no help...their attitude was you can't have IV's, don't eat, don't drink, and they were stingy with the meds as well..

my mom got to the point of not wanting to do anything because what was the point....

If we had to do it all over again......*sigh*...

Hope is a wonderful thing....it can carry you thru a lot of bad times...

[Mrs. Don-o]

The safegards? Zero. Oregon has no staff to investigate even the most egregious cases, no budget to pay for independent investigation, and no penalties for ANY physician action wth lethal outcome, if the physician can claim he acted in good faith," the lack of which is almost impossible to prove. The statistical analysis in their annual reports depends entirely on unverified death doctor self-reporting.

The only "protection" built into the law is that the death-dealing doctor is protected from any liability.

Take a look at this if you want (a href=http://www.vcil.org/news/main/oregon-theory-practice.html>a different view of Oregon's "suicide successes."