Deadly meds debated for the terminally ill
Washington asks voters to decide end-of-life issue
Published: October 12, 2008
Modified: October 17, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Modified: October 17, 2008 at 2:32 pm
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients.
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The proposal
Initiative 1000 mirrors the Oregon law, which took effect in 1997, and would allow the terminally ill to obtain lethal prescription drugs for ending their own lives. But it would not allow doctors to administer lethal drugs on behalf of patients who couldn’t do so themselves. Any patient requesting the fatal medication would have to make two oral requests, 15 days apart, and submit a written request witnessed by two people.
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