[anniegetyourgun]

By the way, Oregon's suicide rate is now 42 percent higher than the nation's and their suicide rate for those 75 or older is 63 percent higher. When you promote death through government provision, you get more of it. I don't want government-approved suicide in this country anymore than I want government-approved condom distribution to teens or needles for junkies.

[summer]

Thanks for your post #66. More for me to consider there...

[Aric2000]

No, you just wish to FORCE your morality on everyone else!! This is why the constitution is written the way it was, to protect the majority from the morals of a minority.

The MAJORITY of Oregonians VOTED for Death with dignity, it is NONE of your business. It is YOUR business in your own state, but NOT in Oregon, what happens in OREGON is OUR Business, SO BUTT OUT!!!

[JRadcliffe]

"By the way, Oregon's suicide rate is now 42 percent higher...

Please cite your reference.

I had read one time that Washington State -- west of the mountains -- had a much higher suicide rate than the national average. There was credible evidence linking that fact to the amount of rain fall each year. Evidently sun shine is important to a person's mental health. This may explain why there are so many crazies in Seattle! ;-)