On August 4, 2018, the Kansas City Star published this false statement:"National and state level data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System suggest that suicide rates have varied slightly, but overall have gone down in Oregon since its Death with Dignity Act went into effect in 1997."
Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Oregon’s suicide rate WENT UP, NOT DOWN, 28.2 %
I REQUEST THAT THE KANSAS CITY STAR CORRECT THIS ERROR
For more in depth information, see: Margaret K. Dore, Esq., “In Oregon, Other Suicides Have Increased with the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide,” Choice Illusion Montana, August 18, 2017
Thank you.
Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Law Offices of Margaret K. Dore, PS
Choice is an Illusion, a nonprofit corporation
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