"Assisted suicide" or "physician assisted suicide" generally refer to the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill individual uses a lethal dose of medication, prescribed by a physician, to hasten his or her death. It is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the state of Oregon. Legislation@ (8) Polling@ (2) 1. Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief - Legal arguments for the legalization of physician assisted suicide from the 1997 Supreme Court amicus brief by six philosophers. 2. Back Off John! - 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, and a petition to "sign" to demonstrate opposition to Ashcroft's actions. 3. CBS News, 60 Minutes II - "Switzerland's Suicide Tourists" - A transcript of a television program about Dignitas, a Swiss organization that helps terminally ill individuals from around the world hasten their deaths. 4. Honolulu Advertiser - "Oregon not deluged with assisted suicides" - An editorial about the successful implementation of Oregon assisted dying law. 5. Oregon Public Health Services: Oregon's Death with Dignity Act - Information and annual reports on the implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician assisted dying for competent, terminally ill adults. 6. Pro-Life Blogs - Directory and post aggregator of web logs supporting and promoting sanctrity of life issues in all aspects. Also includes original material. 7. San Francisco Chronicle - "Court hears suicide-law case; Appellate judges grill federal lawyer over strategy in Oregon" - 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. 8. I Want to Die - Personal story of a quadriplegic who seeks assisted suicide.

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