OLYMPIA, Wash. - May 22, 2009 - Linda Fleming of Sequim died Thursday night after taking drugs
prescribed under the "Death with Dignity" law that took effect in
March. Assisted suicide group Compassion & Choices of Washington
announced Fleming's death Friday morning.
The organization says Fleming was diagnosed last month with
stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
The new law was approved in last November's election with a
nearly 60 percent vote. It is based on Oregon's measure which
passed in 1997. Since then, about 401 people have used the Oregon
law to end their lives.
Washington and Oregon are the only states to allow assisted
suicide.
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