Oregon is one of the states that assisted suicide is legal in. “In Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, 1,327 patients from 1998 through 2014 were approved and issued prescriptions for the lethal drug. Only 859 of them carried out their suicides, state records show” (‘Exit plan’ for terminally ill may bypass lawmakers). According to Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience, “as of Jan. 27, 2016, 1,545 people have been prescribed medication to aid in dying since the law was enacted, with 991 people following through by ingesting the medications” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience). Out of the 991 people that used the medicine to take their own life, “92% were enrolled in hospice care” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience). All of the people that used the medicine also had some sort of disease or cancer. “72% had cancer” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience) that followed
Oregon is one of the states that assisted suicide is legal in. “In Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, 1,327 patients from 1998 through 2014 were approved and issued prescriptions for the lethal drug. Only 859 of them carried out their suicides, state records show” (‘Exit plan’ for terminally ill may bypass lawmakers). According to Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience, “as of Jan. 27, 2016, 1,545 people have been prescribed medication to aid in dying since the law was enacted, with 991 people following through by ingesting the medications” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience). Out of the 991 people that used the medicine to take their own life, “92% were enrolled in hospice care” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience). All of the people that used the medicine also had some sort of disease or cancer. “72% had cancer” (Medically assisted suicide: Oregon's experience) that followed