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> United States > Washington > Initiatives to the People > 2008 Initiatives > Initiative 1000 - Death With Dignity
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| Office | Initiative |
| Honorific | - Abbr: |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | November 04, 2008 - 09:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 04, 2008 - 10:00pm Central |
| Term Start | January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | December 31, 9999 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modified | Ashley August 22, 2012 02:49pm |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
Ballot Title
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? Yes [ ] No [ ]
Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would permit terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents medically predicted to die within six months, to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. The measure requires two oral and one written request, two physicians to diagnose the patient and determine the patient is competent, a waiting period, and physician verification of an informed patient decision. Physicians, patients and others acting in good faith compliance would have criminal and civil immunity.
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