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Oregon assisted suicides ‘tragically on the rise’ as state becomes euthanasia travel hub

More people in Oregon are reportedly killing themselves through assisted suicide. Oregon Right to Life decried the numbers saying 'vulnerable people' need support, not deadly drugs.

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Matt Lamb

• Apr 15, 2026

Pro-life doctors slam Oregon bill to expand assisted suicide during public hearing

Over 700 pro-life doctors and activists in Oregon urged lawmakers to reject SB 1003, which would dramatically expand access to assisted suicide. Advocates gathered in Salem, wearing stickers reading ‘Care, not killing,’ as they fought to protect the vulnerable.

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Ashley Sadler

• Mar 6, 2025Mar 7, 2025

Oregon assisted suicides rose sharply in 2023 after state nixed residency requirement

There were 560 euthanasia 'prescriptions' in Oregon in 2023, the first year the state relaxed its residency requirement, representing a rise of nearly 30 percent from 2022.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Mar 23, 2024Mar 26, 2024

Nearly half of Oregon euthanasia cases feel like a ‘burden,’ most have government insurance: study

Since 1998, the number of assisted suicides on government healthcare has gone up, and the amount of time doctors spend consulting them has gone down.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Oct 7, 2023Oct 9, 2023

Washington, DC rushes to implement assisted suicide before Congress blocks it

DC's mayor rushed the law into effect as the U.S. House hopes to nullify it.

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Claire Chretien

• Jul 18, 2017Jun 18, 2021

Washington, D.C., now sixth place in U.S. to officially legalize assisted suicide

The GOP-controlled Congress failed to block the law last week.

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Claire Chretien

• Feb 20, 2017Jun 18, 2021

U.S. House could vote to overturn D.C.’s assisted suicide law this week

'No matter how frayed the fabric of our conscience, we must hold it together to stand against this civilized, organized effort of barbarity veneered as ... dignity.'

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Claire Chretien

• Feb 14, 2017Apr 23, 2024

DC priest: Politicians who approved assisted suicide law are ‘blinded by the culture of death’

Dominican priest Father Thomas Petri outlined the response Catholics must have to a new pro-death law.

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Claire Chretien

• Jan 13, 2017Jun 18, 2021

Congressmen introduce bill to block DC assisted suicide

This could stop assisted suicide from becoming law in DC.

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Claire Chretien

• Jan 12, 2017Jun 18, 2021

Congressman says he’ll work to overturn DC’s new assisted suicide law

Congress has 30 legislative days to overturn the new DC death law.

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Claire Chretien

• Jan 10, 2017Jun 18, 2021

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Oregon assisted suicides ‘tragically on the rise’ as state becomes euthanasia travel hub

Pro-life doctors slam Oregon bill to expand assisted suicide during public hearing

Oregon assisted suicides rose sharply in 2023 after state nixed residency requirement

Nearly half of Oregon euthanasia cases feel like a ‘burden,’ most have government insurance: study

Washington, DC rushes to implement assisted suicide before Congress blocks it

Washington, D.C., now sixth place in U.S. to officially legalize assisted suicide

U.S. House could vote to overturn D.C.’s assisted suicide law this week

DC priest: Politicians who approved assisted suicide law are ‘blinded by the culture of death’

Congressmen introduce bill to block DC assisted suicide

Congressman says he’ll work to overturn DC’s new assisted suicide law