The Oregon Death with Dignity Act: A Policy Platform for the Right to Die Movement
February 8, 2016
by Eli Stutsman, JD Eli Stutsman is a practicing attorney in Portland, Oregon. He was the lead author of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act in 1993 and served as the lead political and legal strategist…
Oregon Health Authority Releases 2015 Data Summary on Death with Dignity Act
February 4, 2016
Update, April 8, 2016: Download our selection of data from the 2015 annual report. Oregon Health Authority today released its report on the implementation of the state’s Death with Dignity Act in 2015. The report,…
The California End of Life Option Act and Death with Dignity
January 22, 2016
As we reported earlier this month, the opponents of Death with Dignity in California failed to collect enough signatures to qualify a measure overturning the newly-passed ABX2-15, End of Life Option Act,…
Oregon Death With Dignity Act: Four Challenges that Ensured the Law’s Success
May 6, 2015
By Eli D. Stutsman, JD. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Trial Lawyer magazine, the quarterly journal of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (the subheadings are ours). Just over twenty years ago, on November 8,…