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Washington Report: At Least 36 People Died in Assisted Suicide Law's First Year
Washington Report: At Least 36 People Died in Assisted Suicide Law's First Year
Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from the Washington health department reveals at least 36 people died after they killed themselves under the first year of the state's new law legalizing assisted suicides. The law was only enacted for nine months during 2009 after voters approved it on the 2008 ballot.The figures from the state indicate Washington doctors gave prescriptions for lethal doses of drugs to 63 patients between March 5, when the law went into effect, and the end of 2009.
The numbers reveal 47 people died -- with 36 of them taking the lethal cocktail of drugs while seven people died of other causes and four people died but it could not be determined if they died from an assisted suicide or for other reasons.
In the cases of those whose cause of death could not be determined, the death report has yet to be filed indicating it.
The people who killed themselves via the assisted suicide law closely resembled the patients who died in Oregon under the law there that is the first in the nation. Most victims of the law were white, well-educated, had health insurance, and were battling cancer at the time of their death. All of them worried about losing personal autonomy. Full story at LifeNews.com
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