Assisted suicide: How will Washington live with it? The initiative that made Washington the second state to legalize physician-assisted suicide is the stuff of double-edged language and hard ethical choices. “It is a fact of life. We need to live with it,” Arline Hinckley of Compassion & Choices of Washington State, which supports the initiative, told a packed house Wednesday at Bellingham City Club.
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We support people facing the end of life and promote choice at that time; we don’t provide information about methods of ending life. For urgent support, Samaritans are on 116 123, free, day or night. Breathing Space is on 0800 83 85 87. For questions about your own care, your GP or palliative care team is the right first call.