For now at least, assisted suicide is legal in Oregon. Oregon voters have twice passed a "Right's challenge to the law. The Supreme Court of the U.S. has now agreed to hear the case, following John Ashcroft's/Bush administration's challenge to the law.

Over the past 6 years, 171 people in Oregon have legally obtained lethal doses of medication from drs., following review of their conditions, to terminate their lives in light of terminal illness.



Oregon's right to die law