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The three years after Oregonians passed the Death with Dignity Act were marked with controversy. Opponents of the Death with Dignity Act, seeking to repeal the law, got the legislature to refer Measure 51 to the voters, hoping that the voters would have changed their mind in the intervening years. The debate over Measure 51 found a re-hashing of the standard arguments about assisted suicide. (See the process. They also felt that the safeguards in the Death with Dignity Act were adequate. EXTERNAL LINKS
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