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Death and the Law in Oregon

Today as Quebec prepares to vote on a bill that would legalize euthanasia, we take you to Oregon in our documentary 'Death and the Law in Oregon', for varying perspectives in a place where assisted suicide has existed for more than a decade....
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Today as Quebec prepares to vote on a bill that would legalize euthanasia, we take you to Oregon in our documentary 'Death and the Law in Oregon', for varying perspectives in a place where assisted suicide has existed for more than a decade.


Inside the first jurisdiction in North America to legalize doctor assisted suicide 4 people in Oregon talk about their personal experience with the law

Today, a vote in Quebec's legislature is likely to add more heat to an unresolved debate in this country. Several legislative hurdles remain, but if Bill 52 is passed, it would legalize euthanasia.


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Jeanette Hall with Mitch Albom's For One More Day.


How can you trust in a doctor that's very willing to end your life?Dr. Kenneth Stevens, radiation oncologist who successfully talked Jeanette Hall out of trying to get a lethal prescription

Under very specific circumstances, doctors would be allowed to help their patients die. Just a few weeks ago, a BC court came to a different conclusion and upheld Canada's law against assisted suicide.

The split in opinions could hardly be more stark: Is it right to hasten someone's death? Is it right to let someone suffer?

Today, we look South to the first jurisdiction in North America to pass a law allowing physician assisted death... Oregon's "Death with Dignity" has been on the books for 15 years.

The CBC's Yvonne Gall brings us the documentary, Death and the Law in Oregon.


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