According to Oregon’s Numbers, Here’s What Will Happen If Assisted Suicide Is Legalized Nationwide

In 2015, the Oregon Public Health Division reported that 132 people died using physician-assisted suicide, compared to 105 the previous year.

Kelsey Harkness, --February 16, 2016

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An annual report examining physician-assisted suicide trends in Oregon shows a growing number of individuals seeking to die under the state’s Death with Dignity Act.
“In the past two years the number of deaths as a result of physician-assisted suicide in Oregon has nearly doubled,” said Ryan T. Anderson, who researches and writes on physician-assisted suicide at The Heritage Foundation. “In the past 15 years, the number has increased sixfold. If physician-assisted suicide is allowed in other states, we are likely to see a similar growth in the number of deaths by suicide across the U.S.” “This is a tragedy,” Anderson adds, “as it fails to respect the equal dignity of every life.” More...

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