--- title: "End-of-Life Issues" description: "The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on end-of-life issues, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips. Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Resources | Recent News | Other Resources Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Resources Oregon’s ‘Death with Dignity’ Law: 10 Years Later The […]" date: "2007-10-10" authors: - name: "Benjamin Wormald" job_title: "Senior Engineer" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2007/10/10/publicationpage-aspxid730/" categories: - "Biotech" - "Death & Dying" - "Religion & Social Values" --- # End-of-Life Issues The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on end-of-life issues, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips. [Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Resources](#pewforum) | [Recent News](#news) | [Other Resources](#resources) []**Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Resources** [Oregon's 'Death with Dignity' Law: 10 Years Later](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2007/10/10/oregons-death-with-dignity-law-10-years-later/) The Pew Forum invited two distinguished experts to reflect on the successes and failures of Oregon's law, and where they would like to see the debate go from here. [Ten Years Later, Oregon's Death with Dignity Act Continues to Spur Debate](/docs/?DocID=251) Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide, remains the only law of its kind in the United States. [Press Release: First Anniversary of the Death of Terri Schiavo](/press/?ReleaseID=39) This Pew Forum press release marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo and discusses the continued debate over end-of-life issues. [Press Release: Supreme Court Upholds Oregon's "Right to Die" Law](/press/?ReleaseID=36) This Pew Forum press release examines the Supreme Court's decision in *Gonzales v. Oregon*. [Poll Report: Right to Die? Legal, Ethical and Public Policy Implications](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2006/01/05/strong-public-support-for-right-to-die/) A Pew Research Center poll in January 2006 found that more Americans are discussing and planning end-of-life treatment. [Legal Backgrounder: *Gonzales V. Oregon*](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2007/10/Gonzales-vs-Oregon.pdf) This Pew Forum backgrounder traces the history of the assisted suicide debate and outlines key court cases leading up to *Gonzales v. Oregon*. [Event Transcript: The Right to Assisted Suicide?: Oregon Goes to the Supreme Court](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2005/09/29/the-right-to-assisted-suicide-oregon-goes-to-the-supreme-court/) In May 2005, the Pew Forum, together with the Federalist Society and the Constitution Project, held an event to discuss end-of-life issues in the aftermath of Schiavo's death. [Event Transcript: Right to Die? Legal, Ethical and Public Policy Implications](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2005/05/06/right-to-die-legal-ethical-and-public-policy-implications/) In September 2005, the Pew Forum, together with the Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society, held an event on Capitol Hill to discuss current law and panelists' predictions for a ruling in the case *Gonzales v. Oregon*. []**Recent News** [A Decade Later, Oregon Still the Only State with Assisted Suicide](/news/display.php?NewsID=14316)(The Associated Press, 10/10/07)[ Clergy to Help People Die](/news/display.php?NewsID=14217)(The Sacramento Bee, 9/18/07)[ Assisted Suicide Attacked from an Unlikely Front](/news/display.php?NewsID=14043) (LA Times, 8/6/07) [When to Let Go? Medicine's Top Dilemma](/news/display.php?NewsID=13946) (Reuters, 7/18/07) [Kevorkian Speaks After His Release From Prison](/news/display.php?NewsID=13638) (NY Times, 6/4/07) [Americans Divided on Whether Doctors Should Help Patients Die](/news/display.php?NewsID=13602) (AP, 5/30/07) [Dr. Jack Kevorkian to Leave Prison](/news/display.php?NewsID=13591) (AP, 5/26/07) [Oregon Takes Stock of 'Right to Die' Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=12978) (CS Monitor, 3/12/07) [Death Act's Alias has State Tongue-Tied](/news/display.php?NewsID=11914) (The Oregonian, 11/11/06) [Republican Senator Seeks to Derail Oregon Assisted Suicide Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=6399) (AP, 8/15/06) [Republican Senator Seeks to Derail Oregon Assisted Suicide Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=6399) (AP, 8/15/06) [The Fuzzy Gray Place in the Killing Zone](/news/display.php?NewsID=11083) (NY Times, 8/13/06) [Medical and Ethical Questions Raised on Deaths of Critically Ill Patients](/news/display.php?NewsID=10934) (NY Times, 7/20/06) [A Medical Crisis of Conscience](/news/display.php?NewsID=10877) (Wash Post, 7/16/06) [Assisted Suicide May Become Newest GOP Campaign Issue](/news/display.php?NewsID=10741) (Religion News Service 5/15/06) [Fighting for the Right to Die](/news/display.php?NewsID=10430) (Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/1/06) [Supreme Court Decision in Right-to-Die Debate May Signal Time Out](/news/display.php?NewsID=6399) (NY Times, 2/11/06) [Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=6253) (Religion News Service, 1/25/06) [Assisted Suicide Issue Painfully Personal for Senator Who Lost Depressed Son](/news/display.php?NewsID=6214) (Religion News Service, 1/25/06) [On Assisted Suicide, Gov. Says Voters Should Decide](/news/display.php?NewsID=6212) (LA Times, 1/25/06) [Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted Suicide Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=6150) (LA Times, 1/17/06) [Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law](/news/display.php?NewsID=6149) (Wash Post, 1/17/06) [Liberals Move Against Bill Making It Easier to Pull Plus on Terminally Ill in NY](/news/display.php?NewsID=5904) (NY Sun, 12/16/05) [Living Wills No Longer to Die For](/news/display.php?NewsID=5680) (Duluth News Tribune, 11/13/05) [Oregon Law Hinges on O'Connor](/news/display.php?NewsID=5592) (San Fran Chronicle, 10/28/05) [Backers of Oregon Law Wince at Use of Word "Suicide"](/news/display.php?NewsID=5419) (AP, 9/28/05) [Life and Death Politics](/news/display.php?NewsID=4604) (U.S. News & World Report, 3/28/05) [Schiavo Case Highlights an Alliance Between Catholics and Evangelicals](/news/display.php?NewsID=4599) (NY Times, 3/24/05) [Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon](/news/display.php?NewsID=6213) (Religion News Service, 1/25/05) []**Other Resources** [Oregon Department of Human Services Death with Dignity Report](http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/docs/year8.pdf) [Terri Schiavo Bill, Passed by Congress, Signed into Law by President Bush](http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/bill31905.html) [Opinion: Florida's Supreme Court](http://files.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/flsct92304opn.pdf) [Public Agenda Issue Guide: Right to Die](http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=right2die)