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Five years ago, the citizens of Oregon voted by a narrow margin to legalize physician-assisted suicide for certain terminally ill patients. There followed a variety of efforts to nullify the decision, which culminated in a second referendum in 1997. This time Oregonians voted overwhelmingly to affirm their original decision, and Oregon is now the only state in which physician-assisted suicide is practiced legally.¹ Surveys indicate that most Americans and their doctors believe it should be available in all states.^2,3,4

Shortly before the second Oregon vote, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the issue of physician-assisted suicide. The cases before it concerned . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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