Oregon State Ballot Measure 51: Repeal of 1994 Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure

Authors

City Club of Portland (Portland, Or.)

Publication Date

10-17-1997

Document Type

Report

Subjects

Urban policy -- Oregon -- Portland -- Periodicals, Portland (Or.) -- Politics and government -- Periodicals, Portland (Or.) -- Social conditions -- Periodicals

Notes

Repeals Measure 16, adopted by voters in 1994. That law:

• Allows terminally ill adult Oregon residents voluntary informed choice to obtain physician's prescription for lethal drugs when physicians predict patient's death within 6 months.
• Requires 15-day waiting period; 2 oral, 1 written request; second physician's opinion; counseling for patients with impaired judgment from depression.
• Gives health care providers immunity from civil, criminal liability for good faith compliance.
• Permits person choice whether to notify next of kin.
• Allows health care providers to refuse to participate

Published in City Club of Portland Bulletin Vol. 79, No. 20

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13889

Recommended Citation

City Club of Portland (Portland, Or.), "Oregon State Ballot Measure 51: Repeal of 1994 Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure" (1997). City Club of Portland. 487.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13889