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Washington: Assisted Suicide

Fri, 10/17/2008 - 15:49

Two new Yes on I-1000 ads

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The Yes on I-1000 interest group, supporters of the physician-assisted suicide ballot initiative, are using their substantial cash advantage on advertising this week. They are now on the air with two new television ads and a radio spot.

Both ads highlight the safety of the measure, and look to reassure voters who might be wary of passing the ballot initiative.

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Thu, 10/09/2008 - 03:24

More ex-guv love: Evans pens op-ed in favor of I-1000

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Former Republican U.S. Senator and three-term Governor Dan Evans wrote an op-ed piece in Tuesday's Seattle P-I in favor of Initiative 1000, the assisted suicide measure also known as death with dignity.

Evans touts the safeguards in the law, and argues that choosing one's own time to die is an issue based in personal freedom.

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Fri, 07/25/2008 - 11:10

I-1000 headed to ballot

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Initiative 1000, the ballot initiative that would allow terminally ill patients the choice to seek life-ending medication, officially qualified for the November ballot Thursday when Secretary of State Sam Reed's office determined they had turned in more than the required 224,800 valid signatures from voters across the state.

"People all over Washington support death with dignity, and we're building momentum daily. We're going to go all the way," said former governor Booth Gardner.

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Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:47

Close, but no cigar for I-1016

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A proposed initiative to allow smoking in certain businesses, notably private clubs and cigar bars, has fallen painfully short of the 224,800 signatures required to gain a place on the November ballot. The Olympian has a story on the ill-fated Initiative 1016, which collected more than 213,000 signatures, just over 10,000 short of the necessary amount.

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Tue, 05/20/2008 - 19:20

I-1000 opponents sue for donor confidentiality

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Opponents of the I-1000 Death with Dignity campaign are asking a judge to overturn campaign finance laws that require them to disclose their contributors in Public Disclosure Committee reports. The group, Human Life of Washington, fears that supporters of its cause will be harassed by those in favor of assisted suicide.

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