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The Coalition Against Assisted Suicide includes doctors, nurses, hospice workers, Democrats, Republicans, minorities, members of the disability community, and people of diverse religious views. If you'd like to join us, click on the button below.

Joel Connelly
Seattle PI columnist
"My father initially wanted to "go quietly," for my mother's sake, after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was to live two more years, and died at home looking out at lilac bushes he planted.
...Will our society accept killing as compassionate when it has the world's most advanced medical treatment, has made leaps in controlling pain and developed legal devices such as living wills that set limits on treatment?"

Press Releases

Spellman, Prentice Criticize False I-1000 Ads
Oct. 31, 2008

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Initiative 1000 Opponents Debut Actor Martin Sheen in Commercials
Sept. 29, 2008

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Assisted Suicide Study in University of Michigan Law Review Refutes I-1000 Proponents' Claims That Law Works in Oregon
Sept. 2, 2008 10:45 AM

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As I-1000 Signatures are Counted, Washington State Medical Association Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide Reiterated.
The Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) opposes Initiative-1000, the measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Washington state. The opposition was emphatically voted on at the WSMA's annual meeting last year.
July 02, 2008 03:39 PM

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Assisted Suicide Initiative Paid Signature Campaign Delivers Bad Law to Capitol, Opponents Say.
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy signatures,” said Duane M. French, head of the disabilities rights group, Not Dead Yet – Washington, and a member of the Coalition Against Assisted Suicide.
July 02, 2008 02:28 PM

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Democrats Against Assisted Suicide Group Formed.
In response to Gov. Gardner "false impressions" that his proposed initiative on physician assisted suicide is a partisan political issue, two Spokane lawyers today announced they were forming "Democrats Against Assisted Suicide."
June 11, 2008 06:58 PM

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Coalition Condemns Out of State Funding for Assisted Suicide.
Saying that people in other states should not be pushing assisted suicide on Washingtonians, the Coalition Against Assisted Suicide today condemned the out-of-state funding for Initiative 1000.
June 02, 2008 06:57 PM

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Legislators Urge "Don't Sign the Death Warrant."
State Senator Margarita Prentice (D-Renton) and a bipartisan group of legislators today urged voters not to sign Initiative 1000, the assisted suicide petition being circulated in Washington state.
June 02, 2008 06:56 PM

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Oregon Issues Grossly Inadequate Report -- Again.
The tenth annual "Death with Dignity" report released today by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is "deeply flawed,"
March 18, 2008 06:55 PM

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Coalition Applauds Court Ruling.
The Coalition Against Assisted Suicide today applauded the decision of Superior Court Judge Chris Wickham to clarify the ballot title language of Initiative 1000, the proposed measure to legalize assisted suicide in Washington.
February 29, 2008 06:54 PM

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Coalition Challenges I-1000 Ballot Title and Summary.
February 09, 2008 06:52 PM

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Coalition Against Assisted Suicide Denounces Initiative Filing.
A coalition of people with disabilities, doctors, nurses, hospice workers, minority persons, and religious groups today announced they would oppose the assisted suicide initiative expected to be filed Wednesday with Washington's Secretary of State.
January 08, 2008 06:50 PM

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