Washington’s I-1000, the “Death With Dignity” initiative, makes it legal for a terminally ill person to take a lethal dose of drugs under medical supervision.
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- Overview/Initiative Text
- Analysis: Vote Yes Ad
- Analysis: Vote No Ad
- Transcript: Vote Yes Ad
- Transcript: Vote No Ad
- Results
Supporting Organizations (as reported by YesOn1000.org) Include:
- ACLU of Washington
- American Medical Women’s Association
- American Medical Student Association
- Death with Dignity National Center
- Libertarian Party of Washington
- Northwest Women’s Law Center
- Progressive Party of Washington
- Washington State Public Health Association
- YesOn1000.org
Opposing Organizations (as reported by No On I-1000) Include:
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- Facebook Group: Coalition Against Assisted Suicide
- Justice for All
- No On I-1000
- Washington State Medical Association
Editorial Commentary
- Assisted-suicide law gives option to those with terminal illness, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 10 October 2008
- Death With Dignity: Approve I-1000, Seattle Times, 5 October 2008
- Initiative 1000, Death With Dignity, Yes, Tri-Cities Herald, 28 September 2008
- Initiative 1000: Intensely Personal, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 16 October 2008
- Initiative 1000: No Show Stoppers, Tacoma News-Tribune, 21 October 2008
- Initiative 1000: Pro-Con, The Columbian, 3 October 2008
- Vote to give people choice in their death, The Olympian, 12 September 2008
