Showing posts with label Pain Not the Issue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pain Not the Issue. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Oregon's Statistics Provide Little, If Any, Support for Passage Due to Physical Pain


By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA

According to Oregon’s official government statistics, there were 47 people who died under its assisted suicide law in 2016, who expressed the following concerns:
Inadequate pain control or concern about it. (Emphasis added).[1]
With use of the word, “or,” the total number of persons with inadequate pain control could have been zero. In the alternative, the total number could have been as high as 47.