Oregon

For Oregon Medical Providers

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

For OR Healthcare Professionals Information for clinicians on the whole spectrum of end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying) is available at the Clinician Resources page.‘About Oregon's Death with Dignity…

Ley de Oregon Muerte con Dignidad

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

Ley de Oregon Muerte con Dignidad Cómo AccederPara calificar para la asistencia médica al morir bajo la ley de Oregon, el individuo debeSer adultoTener una enfermedad terminalContar con un pronóstico…

lukej February 27, 2024 No Comments

Angie Normie sitting with her aunt Brenda in front of a field of yellow and red tulips.

Angie Nomie

lukej January 4, 2024 No Comments

Angie shared her story in November of 2021. It’s a strange thing to know the date of your loved one’s death before they die. This has been the case for…

Compassion & Choices founder Barbara Coombs Lee and ally Dr. Nicholas Gideonse correct misconceptions about Oregon’s pioneering aid-in-dying law in BMJ Journal

Katie Wingo November 8, 2023 No Comments

Read the full article here. This article provides a simplistic perspective, relying heavily on correlation, not causation, to make unproven claims about Oregon’s medical aid-in-dying law and erroneously comparing it to…

Gobernador de Oregón Firma ley que lo Convierte en – Segundo Estado Que Elimina Mandato de Residencia en Ley de Ayuda Médica para Morir

lukej July 14, 2023 No Comments

Compassion & Choices Action Network y sus defensores en todo Oregón elogian a la Gobernadora Tina Kotek por firmar una medida de ley bipartidista para solidificar una mejora fundamental a la Ley de…

Oregon Governor Signs Law Making It 2nd State to Remove Medical Aid-in-Dying Residency Mandate

lukej July 13, 2023 No Comments

Compassion & Choices Action Network and advocates across Oregon are praising Governor Tina Kotek for signing bipartisan legislation to solidify a critical improvement to Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act by formally removing its residency…

Laurie Barkin standing in front of a forrest wearing a blue sweater

Laurie Barkin, RN

Katie Wingo June 23, 2023 No Comments

Laurie Barkin shared her story in February of 2023. On a quiet Sunday morning in mid-October 2016, my 92-year-old father called. “I have good news and bad news. Are you…

Oregon Becomes 2nd State to Remove Residency Requirement for Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

lukej June 21, 2023 No Comments

Revised law provides legal clarity for physicians in 35 of 36 counties where DAs did not sign onto 2022 lawsuit settlement not to enforce residency mandate. (Salem, Ore.) Compassion &…

State: Oregon