So far so good: observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.
The Supreme Court recognized that states may serve as social laboratories for developing procedures permitting physician-assisted suicide. Oregon has served as the first such laboratory. First-year results suggest the feasibility of implementing a statutory right to physician-assisted suicide successfully in this country, without abuse or negative incident.
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