Nobody Gets Arrested for Assisted Suicide in Oregon

The folks who were arrested in Georgia for attempting to help some poor soul stop suffering and die at the time and place of his or her choosing would not be in jail here in Oregon. They wouldn't even have an assisted suicide organization at all.

Thankfully, none of us in Oregon have to face either arrest nor a terribly painful lingering death if we don't want to. The voters twice agreed to our Death with Dignity law. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld it.

I have witnessed a patient take his own life using the law, surrounded by his friends and family, and at a time of his own choosing.

This is the humane way of doing things. Groups like Not Dead Yet, always paint a picture that's just not true. Our law works just fine. Nobody has been coerced into using it. Matter of fact, few use the law, but all of us in Oregon know that if we need it, it's there.

And nobody is going to get arrested for helping us.