The Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund is leading efforts to raise $1M to ensure passage of the Washington Death with Dignity initiative this November [2008].
We are entering the most critical time for the Washington campaign. We are working on the final push to raise enough money to purchase television commercials to counter [...]
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How to help the Washington State Ballot initiative planned for this November
The aim is to introduce a law similar to Oregon’s ten year old physician-assisted dying law. The PAC driving the campaign (formerly called “It’s My Decision“) is now called Yes! on I-1000 (www.yeson1000.org).
Running the campaign is a coalition of right to [...]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), death, right to die on Jan 20th, 2008
On January 9, former Governor Booth Gardner filed the Washington State
Death with Dignity Initiative with the Secretary of State. It is a
replica of the successful and court-tested Oregon law. Joining Governor
Gardner were Washington nurses, physicians, clergy, patient advocates,
and family members who have faced difficult end-of-life decisions.
Compassion & Choices (national), Compassion & Choices of Washington [...]
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