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• - Information and annual reports on the implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician assisted dying for competent, terminally ill adults.
  
• - A site by Oregon Death with Dignity, which supports end-of-life choice, that presents arguments against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's interference in Oregon physician assisted dying law. The site also provides information about the Oregon law, an
  
• - Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers.
  
• - The U.S. Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Oregon v. Ashcroft, the case contesting the Attorney General's attempted nullification of Oregon's physician assisted dying law.
  
• - A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths.
  
• - The suicide of a famous Iowan prompts the editors of the Register to support assisted dying.
  
• - Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.
  
• - Bowden argues that assisted dying is an American right.
  
• - An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law.
  
• - This site presents a comprehensive sets of Q&As about physician assisted dying, and two cases for consideration.
  
• - The Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization summarizes assisted dying laws around the world.
  
• - A comprehensive listing of physician assisted dying resources from a variety of perspectives.