Death with Dignity

Last year, 245 people ended their lives using Oregon's Death With Dignity Act. Bruce Yelle wasn't one of them. For years, the retired construction worker…

Some terminally ill patients could bypass the 15-day waiting period for the Death With Dignity Act under a bill approved Monday in the Oregon Senate.To…

Terminally ill patients who want to end their own life would have additional options under a measure up for a vote Monday in the Oregon House.Oregon’s…

Supporters and opponents of a proposed expansion of Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act spoke out at a hearing at the state capitol Tuesday. So far this…

More people used Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act to end their life in 2018 than in any other year since the law took effect in 1997. Now, state lawmakers…

Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden spoke with an overflow crowd at a town hall meeting in Albany Saturday. The audience expressed fear and concern about the…

Recorded on: October 28, 2016Air Date: October 31, 2016Coordinator: Joel KorinIn 1998, Oregon became the first state in the nation to enact a Death with…

People who use Oregon and Washington’s Death with Dignity laws have, for years, used a high dose of sleeping pills to end their lives. But that medication…