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	Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Measure 16 of 1994 established Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalizes physician-assisted suicide with certain restrictions, making Oregon the first U.S. state and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to officially do so.
		The measure was approved in the 8 November 1994 general election in a tight race.
		The Oregon Legislative Assembly also tried to repeal the law, sending Measure 51 to the people in 1997; the measure failed by a larger margin (60%) than the margin by which Measure 16 passed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_16_(1994) (606 words)

	Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The measure was approved in the 8 November 1994 general election with 627,980 votes in favor, and 596,018 votes against [1].
		Under the law, a capable adult Oregon resident who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a physician may request in writing, from his or her physician, a prescription for a lethal dose of medication for the purpose of ending the patient's life.
		Furthermore, Oregon's legislature tried to repeal the law, sending Measure 51 to the people in 1997; the measure failed by a larger margin than the margin by which Measure 16 passed.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/oregon_ballot_measure_16__1994_ (505 words)

	Encyclopedia: Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994)
		Information not available in 1994 which casts doubt on the effectiveness of Measure 16 combined with concern about the inadequacies of the so-called safeguards are the reasons for the recommendation.
		Measure 16 prohibits the use of lethal injection, leaving the patient in those cases to experience agonizing, lingering death.
		Measure 16 does not define the term 'resident' and Oregon lacks a uniform definition of residency.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Oregon-Ballot-Measure-16-(1994) (1667 words)

	The Case Against Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide for ‘Competent’ Adults with ‘Terminal Conditions’
		However, Ballot Measure 16 does not adequately safeguard persons with a terminal illness because this time period is insufficient for resolution of the depression, given the high probability of undiagnosed depression or depression misdiagnosed as not sufficient to cause impaired judgment prior to the writing of the prescription.
		Ballot Measure 16 lacks an adequate safeguard pertaining to family notice because the notice requirement is optional with the patient and, if done, is done by the person seeking suicide.
		Ballot Measure 16 creates an exception to these laws thereby denying to terminally ill persons legal protections against suicide and self-harm that are afforded to all other Oregonians.
	www.schreeuwomleven.nl /Publications/Ec1/BopJ9501.htm (10030 words)

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		OREGON'S MEASURE 16 Once more to the ballot box (from "Last Rights" #13) by Cheryl K. Smith, J.D. Proposals that would make euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide legal for the terminally ill have been put forward in the United States intermittently, beginning with one in Ohio in 1906, but to date have been unsuccessful.
		For an initiative law in Oregon, this number is six percent of total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last election in which a candidate for governor was elected to a full term.
		The Oregon Death with Dignity Act, now Measure 16 of 1994, qualified to be placed on the ballot by the receipt of more than 80,000 registered voter signatures.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /freenet/rootdir/menus/social.services/rt-die/journal.20041210/oregon (1248 words)

	Learn more about Euthanasia in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Contrary to the rest of the United States, Oregon State residents have twice voted for the legalization of assisted suicide by lethal prescription dosage within the state.
		It is estimated that, as of the year 2002, nearly 100 terminally ill patients have had doctor assisted suicides administered since the the law went into effect in 1997.
		Oregon's policy has been consistently under attack by various religious organizations, and federal government parties that support those organizations, ever since it was first inacted.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /e/eu/euthanasia.html (1302 words)

	01-13-03 Oregon State Archives Copy - Governor's Office Veto Message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		House Bill 3502 prescribes in law the ballot title for the referral of HB 2954, the repeal of 1994 Measure 16, passed by the voters, which allowed physician prescription of lethal drugs for terminally ill adults.
		Ballot measure titles are perhaps the single most critical factor in informing voters about the substance of measures on which they will be voting.
		They have fashioned an incomplete title for the measure, omitting many of the important features of Measure 16 which were included in the 1994 ballot title written by the Attorney General, approved by the Supreme Court, and sent to the voters.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /governors/Kitzhaber/web_pages/governor/veto/hb3502.htm (521 words)

	Humanist: Oregon Ballot Measure 16 - allows a lethal prescription to be written; appeared on the 1994 ballot - Death ...
		This measure would allow an informed and capable adult resident of Oregon, who is terminally ill and within six months of death, to voluntarily request a prescription for medication to take his or her own life.
		The measure allows a physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication when conditions of the act are met.
		Actions taken in accordance with the measure shall not constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, or homicide under the law.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1374/is_n6_v54/ai_15922716 (632 words)

	International Task Force - Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Proposals in U.S.
		While the measure passed two committees in the Assembly (Lower House), it was pulled by the author due to the lack of support in the full Assembly.
		Oregon voters rejected Measure 51 (the repeal) by a margin of 60%-40%.
		The measure was virtually identical to the assisted-suicide law which passed in Oregon in 1994.
	www.internationaltaskforce.org /usa.htm (1232 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: 'Death With Dignity' Measure May Make Oregon National Battleground
		Advocates and opponents of the measure say it could be the most expensive referendum in the state's history, far surpassing the $2 million that the opposing sides spent on the previous assisted-suicide referendum, which was approved in 1994, and possibly reaching $10 million.
		However, Robert J. Castagna, executive director of the Oregon Catholic Conference, said that although the issue of "constitutionally suspect" ballot initiatives and the proliferation of hastily drafted measures is important, the real issue in Measure 16 is more fundamental.
		The measure allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medications such as barbiturates for mentally competent patients diagnosed as having six months or less to live and whose terminal condition has been confirmed by a consulting physician.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/062797d.htm (1155 words)

	Euthanasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Contrary to the rest of the United States, Oregon has legalized assisted suicide: residents have voted for it at the Oregon Ballot Measure 16 (1994), and voted against repealing it at the Oregon Ballot Measure 51 (1997).
		As of 2002, it is estimated that nearly 100 terminally ill patients have committed doctor assisted suicide since the law went into effect in 1997.
		Oregon's law has been attacked by various organizations, and federal government parties that support those organizations, ever since it was first enacted.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/euthanasia (1723 words)

	Online NewsHour: Limiting Initiatives? -- August 3, 1998
		Marbet notes anxiously the number of measures on the Oregon ballot this year has dropped to 10 from 16 in each of the last two elections.
		He says Oregon legislators took aim on the initiative process after voters passed a 1994 ballot measure to limit political campaign contributions, a measure the state says cut expenditures in the next election by 72 percent.
		You could probably also argue that it's harder to get an initiative on the ballot this time because there have been so many initiatives on the ballot, because so many people have paid to get on the ballot that the public is just saying, you know, I'm tired of it.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/election/july-dec98/initiatives_8-3.html (1322 words)

	Ballot Access News -- March 8, 1998
		Proponents of ballot access reform are cautiously optimistic that the legislature will pass a bill with the characteristics of SB 27.
		The bills are HR 2477, which outlaws restrictive ballot access laws in federal elections for minor party and independent candidates, and HR 2478, which provides that if general election presidential debates are being held, all candidates on the ballot in 40 states must be invited.
		The hearing was historic, since the ballot access bill has been in five different sessions of Congress, and this was the first time it ever had a hearing.
	www.ballot-access.org /1998/0308.html (4096 words)

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		Ballot Measure 13 was defeated by 51 to 49 percent, and the similar 1992 Ballot Measure 9 was rejected by a 57-43 margin.
		The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon has been in the forefront of the battle against the OCA, and has been able to get court injunctions against OCA measures that were passed in individual Oregon cities and counties.
		Following the passage of those measures in 1993, the Oregon Legislature passed HB 3500, which prohibited municipalities and county governments from enacting or enforcing measures that single out individuals based on sexual orientation.
	www.qrd.org /QRD/usa/oregon/oca.just.wont.go.away (933 words)

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		Senkowski, 1994 WL 330073 (S.D.N.Y., July 8, 1994)(denying habeas corpus petition of man who was convicted by a jury of murdering man with whom he had a gay relationship).
		Fraser, 1994 WL 577121 (Conn.Super., Oct. 12, 1994)(husband's homosexuality was not the cause of marriage breakdown).
		Keisling, 1994 WL 476073 (Ore.App., Sept. 1, 1994), No.93C- 11972 (Cir.Ct.Ore., 3 Jud.
	www.qrd.org /qrd/usa/legal/lgln/case.table-1994 (11149 words)

	Report of the Task Force on Assisted Suicide
		In large measure this was due to the fact that dynastic monarchy was not really their thing, rather a manifestation of Judean covenant theology.
		This measure would allow an informed and capable adult resident of Oregon, who is terminally ill and within six months of death, to voluntarily request a prescription for medication to take his or her life.
		The measure allows a physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication when conditions of the measure are met.
	www.dioceseofnewark.org /report.html (8652 words)

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		Portland, Oregon, March 25, 1998 -- An Oregon woman dying of breast cancer became the first person to use Oregon's Death With Dignity Law last night, dying peacefully in her sleep less than one-half hour after ingesting medication received from her physician.
		Barbara Coombs Lee, a chief petitioner of the Oregon law and director of Compassion in Dying Federation, said the woman had her choice at the end of life, the choice given to her by Oregon voters in 1994 and re-affirmed by an overwhelming 60%-40% margin in 1997.
		Oregon voters defeated the repeal effort by a 60% to 40% margin.
	www.csun.edu /~my7314/sci.html (1826 words)

	Senator Gordon Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Oregon Senator Gordon H. Smith took to the Senate floor this afternoon to push for a Senate bill that would prevent federal tax dollars from being used to pay for assisted suicide or euthanasia.
		"Oregon is a beautiful state in which to live, to visit and to raise a family," said Smith.
		In 1994, Oregon voters approved ballot measure 16, the "Death with Dignity" Act, which exempts from criminal and civil liability, physicians who assist their patients in committing suicide.
	www.senate.gov /~gsmith/press/1997/prsrel1.htm (232 words)

	Oregon Mandatory Min Sentencing Law Measure 11
		We put an initiative to repeal Measure 11 (Oregon's mandatory minimum sentencing law voted for in 1994) on the November 2000 ballot and were the "YES ON 94" committee.
		Oregon's Measure 11 is mandatory minimum sentencing for certain offenses and it is a
		Oregon should be known for having the best treatment facilities for alcohol and drug programs, anger management programs, etc. and very few prisons instead of just warehousing offenders.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/oregonmeasure11 (792 words)

	A mother battles Measure 11
		Breaking sharply with oregon's legal traditions, Measure 11 also requires that teenagers - 15, 16 and 17 years-old be automatically tried as adults if charged with any of these crimes.
		Under Measure 11 these youth will never be reevaluated, their social background and future potential never considered.
		We worked through the 1997 legislature to change Measure 11, but all that came out was SB 1049, which gave relief for only three crimes committed under specific circumstances.
	www.november.org /razorwire/rzold/18/18005.html (788 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Oregon, the Legislature is listening to a small army of Measure 16 opponents, who demand nothing less than repeal of the 1994 initiative.
		Supporters of assisted suicide consider state legislative repeal of Measure 16 the most serious threat to their cause.
		Castagna has submitted a draft of a bill called "The Oregon Compassionate Care Act of 1997." Reflecting input from a variety of interest groups, including Oregon Right to Life, it would erase Measure 16's provisions and create an office and a hot line providing information and referral services to the terminally ill and their families.
	keithlynch.net /cryonet/76/77.html (513 words)

	Bioethics, Palliative Care, and Euthanasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While assisted-suicide activists in Oregon, California, and Colorado were aggressively pushing legislation and bringing suit to legalize PAS and euthanasia, Choice in Dying quietly reorganized as "Partnership for Caring." Partnership for Caring endorsed a more nuanced form of aid-in-dying than the lethal overdoses prescribed in Oregon.
		Oregon Death With Dignity Act (Measure 16) is approved by voters.
		Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center is founded for the purpose of defending Oregon's Ballot Measure 16 to legalize PAS.
	home.earthlink.net /~joyinlife (4542 words)

	Ballot Access News -- June 28, 1994
		Arkansas congressional term limits were enacted by the voters in 1992, but in March 1994 the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that states cannot create their own restrictions on who can be elected to Congress.
		By contrast, with a party-circle (or party-lever) ballot, a voter may cast a vote for all partisan offices, by making a single mark for all of a particular party's nominees.
		On June 7, a write-in candidate defeated a candidate whose name was printed on the ballot, in the Democratic primary for Congress, 11th district.
	www.ballot-access.org /1994/0628.html (3714 words)

	Year of the Eucharist \| Resources
		The bishops said that their own letter was "unique, unprecedented" in that they were also requesting contributions to help defeat Measure 16.
		They commented, "We must dedicate ourselves to relieving the pains of the poor, the sick and the frail elderly whose God-given life is in particular jeopardy if this public policy is endorsed by the voters." The text of their letter follows.
		We are asking you to consider an individual contribution to the campaign to defeat Measure 16.
	www.sfarchdiocese.org /abl-lethaldeath.html (507 words)

	Lethal Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ballot Measure 16's title stated: ''Allows Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Prescription for Lethal Drugs.'' With a general election turn-out of 68%, Ballot Measure 16 was approved by a margin of 51.3% in favor, 48.7% opposed.
		Ballot Measure 51's title stated: ''Repeals Law Allowing Terminally Ill Adults to Obtain Lethal Prescription.'' With a special election turn-out of 60%, Ballot Measure 51 was rejected by a margin of 59.9% opposed to repeal, 40.1% in favor of repeal.
		The Oregon assisted suicide law does not allow physicians, health care providers or professional groups to criticize (''censure'') colleagues for acts that are unethical according their own professional ethics for this procedure and this procedure alone.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/judiciary/hju59931.000/hju59931_0.HTM (16772 words)

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