Details emerge surrounding controversial change to Death with Dignity Act

If a bill to expand Oregon ’s 25-year-old Death with Dignity Act passes into law, terminally ill patients would be able to take the lethal drugs by a method other than swallowing. The details of how that would work are coming into clearer focus. Dr. Charles Blanke, a physician at Oregon Health& Science University and supporter of the proposed House Bill 2217, outlined a method to self-administer the drugs by IV that would be the first of its kind. It would be available to those who qualify to …
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