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Washington Death w/Dignity Toll: 36

In the first nine months of Washington’s Death with Dignity Act, 63 terminally ill patients received lethal medication to end their lives. Thirty-six of them — or more than half — died from ingesting the medication. Complications in taking the medication were reported in three of those deaths. Of the patients who received the medication under the state’s law, a total of 47 have died, some from their illness. Of them, nearly 80 percent had cancer, and nearly 90 percent had some type of insurance/ Vanessa Ho , Seattle P-I. More here .

Question: Should Idaho pass Death With Dignity legislation?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog