Here is a research paper by Richard Doerflinger. The report is entitled “Oregon’s Assisted Suicides: The Up-to-Date Reality in 2017.” In his analysis, Doerflinger comments on the official reports issued by the state of Oregon. Here is his conclusion:
“This is the updated reality of physician-assisted suicide in the state whose law is seen as a model for the nation. Chronically ill seniors, potentially victims of untreated depression and the impression that they have become a “burden” on others, are nudged to a premature death that may be more gruesome than they’ve been led to believe, with no one usually present at the time of death to check whether they are competent, badgered by others, or overtly coerced toward that death. This is what has become known as “death with dignity” in Oregon, and advocates are working to spread it to far more states.”