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Washington Initiative 1000, Physician-Assisted Death Measure (2008)
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| Topic Assisted death policy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Washington Initiative 1000 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Washington on November 4, 2008. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported allowing mentally competent, terminally ill adults to request and self-administer a lethal overdose of medication prescribed by a physician. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing mentally competent, terminally ill adults to request and self-administer a lethal overdose of medication prescribed by a physician. |
Election results
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1,715,219 | 57.82% | ||
| No | 1,251,255 | 42.18% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 1000 was as follows:
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1000 concerns allowing certain terminally ill competent adults to obtain lethal prescriptions. This measure would permit terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents, who are medically predicted to have six months or less to live, to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. Should this measure be enacted into law? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an Initiative to the People.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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