New Study Shows 26% in Oregon Who Requested Suicide Were Experiencing Depression

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[LifeSiteNews] 9 Oct 2008--People in Washington State need to be aware that if the I-1000 assisted suicide Initiative is passed, people who experience depression will not be protected under "Oregon Style" guidelines.

The recently published study by Ganzini et al. proves that 26% of people in Oregon who requested assisted suicide were experiencing depressive disorders. Even though many of those people were incompetent or unable to "freely choose" assisted suicide, they were nevertheless given a prescription for lethal drugs and died by ingesting those drugs.