Who We Are
The Coalition includes leaders in the disability community, doctors, nurses, minorities, and religious groups. A full list is here. If you'd like to join, click on the button above.

NEWS
Assisted Suicide Initiative Paid Signature Campaign Delivers Bad Law to Capitol, Opponents Say Press Release
Democrats Against Assisted Suicide Group Formed Press Release
Coalition Condemns Out of State Funding for Assisted Suicide Press Release
Legislators Urge "Don't Sign the Death Warrant" Press Release
Oregon Issues Grossly Inadequate
Report - Again Press Release
Coalition Applauds Court Ruling Press Release
Ballot Title Challenge Press Release
Coalition Forms Press Release
Gov. Gregoire Opposes, Seattle Times

EVENTS
Sep 11, Snohomish County Republican Women, Shawn O'Donnell's Restaurant, Everett

Facts About the Assisted Suicide Law
The initiative would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of barbiturates to certain patients. With so many problems with our health care system, there is a danger that the poor, those with disabilities and minorities would get this "treatment."

These fact sheets are ready to print and use:

• Question and Answers
• Talking Points
• Oregon Abuses

Problems with Oregon's Law
The sponsors say Washington's law would be modeled after Oregon's law. But Oregon's law has many problems.

The Netherlands Experiment
In the Netherlands, assisted suicide has been tolerated for decades with results that are shocking to most Americans. Here's a closer look at the Netherlands.

MORE RESOURCES:

• Spotlight on Oregon, from the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) assisted suicide page
• DREDF's position statement against legalization
• Op Ed, "Why Progressives Should Oppose the Legalization of Assisted Suicide"
• Op Ed, "What You Don't Know Can Kill You"
• New York Task Force on Life and the Law - one-page statement of The Risks of Legalization
• "Failed Attempts to Legalize Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide in the United States" from the International Task Force
• ARTICLE by Dr. Herbert Hendin from the Psychiatric Times in 2004
• TESTIMONY by Dr. N. Gregory Hamilton about the lack of protections for people with mental illness in Oregon
• TESTIMONY by Dr. Henry (Rex) Greene against legalization
• CHART: "Oregon: Theory Vs. Practice," originally from Vermont coalition website (Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care)