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1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16

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Proponents of Measure 51 argued that the Death with Dignity Act lacked a mandatory counseling provision, a family notification provision, strong reporting requirements, or a strong residency requirement. Measure 51 opponents argued that sending the measure back to voters was disrespectful considering
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for providing a lethal prescription for a terminally ill, competent adult in compliance with the statute's restrictions. Participation by physicians, pharmacists, and health care providers is voluntary. The law also specifies a patient's decision to end his or her life shall not "have an effect upon
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reports there was "no evidence of heightened risk for the elderly, women, the uninsured, people with low educational status, the poor, the physically disabled or chronically ill, minors, people with psychiatric illnesses including depression, or racial or ethnic minorities, compared with background
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impairing judgment. If the request is authorized, the patient must wait at least fifteen days and make a second oral request before the prescription may be written. The patient has a right to rescind the request at any time. Should either physician have concerns about the patient's ability to make
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Under the law, any competent adult who has been diagnosed, by a physician, with a terminal illness that will kill the patient within six months may request in writing, from his or her physician, a prescription for a lethal dose of medication for the purpose of ending the patient's life. Exercise of
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argued on behalf of the Bush administration, which challenged Oregon's right to regulate the practice of medicine when that practice entails prescribing federally controlled substances. On January 17, 2006, the court ruled 6–3 in favor of Oregon, upholding the law.
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The measure was approved in the November 8, 1994, general election. 627,980 votes (51.3%) were cast in favor, 596,018 votes (48.7%) against. An injunction delayed implementation of the Act until it was lifted on October 27, 1997.
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the option under this law is voluntary and the patient must initiate the request. Any physician, pharmacist, or other healthcare provider who has moral objections has the right to refuse to participate.
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From the beginning of 1999 through the end of 2015, a total of 1,545 people have had prescriptions written and 991 patients have died from ingesting medications prescribed under the act.
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or higher; 45.3% were married; primary end of life concerns were loss of autonomy (91.6%), inability to make life enjoyable (89.7%), and loss of dignity (78.7%).
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to determine the fate of the Death with Dignity law. Arguing on behalf of the state was Oregon Senior Assistant Attorney General Robert Atkinson. Oregon's five
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an informed decision, or feel the patient's request may be motivated by depression or coercion, the patient must be referred for a psychological evaluation.
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Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in "vulnerable" groups. Battin, P. et al.
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The request must be confirmed by two witnesses, at least one of whom is not related to the patient, is not entitled to any portion of the patient's
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they had already passed Measure 16 via the initiative process. They also felt that the safeguards in the Death with Dignity Act were adequate.
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The median age of the 991 patients who died from ingesting medication was 71; 77.1 percent of patients had malignant neoplasms (
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in November 1997, sought to repeal the Death with Dignity Act, but was rejected by 60% of voters. The act was challenged by the
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As of March 2022, the Oregon Health Authority is no longer enforcing the DWDA's residency requirement.
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affirmed the block, stating that the "Attorney General lacked Congress' requisite authorization".
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made Oregon the first U.S. state and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to permit some
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Voters' Pamphlet Special Election 1997 – Measure 51 Legislative Argument in Support
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of doctors who prescribed life-ending medications under the Oregon law. The
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members of Congress also filed a brief in support of the State's position.
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referred Measure 51, which would have repealed the act, to the ballot.
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in June 2014, "draws on the experience" of the Death with Dignity Act.
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was released. It won the Grand Jury prize for documentary film at the
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Would have repealed Measure 16 if successful; referred by legislature
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Allows Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Prescription for Lethal Drugs
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Oregon Voter's Pamphlet Special Election November 1997 – Measure 51
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An independent study published in the October 2007 issue of the
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to suspend the license for prescribing drugs covered in the
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with 445,830 votes in favor, and 666,275 votes against.
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The New Atlantis: Ten Years of "Death with Dignity"
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Index

Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994)
U.S. state
Oregon
ORS
medical aid in dying
physician-assisted suicide
initiative
terminally ill
US Supreme Court
Washington v. Glucksberg
state legislature
George W. Bush administration
Supreme Court of the United States
Gonzales v. Oregon
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson

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