Donn Moyer is the special communication project manager at Washington Department of Labor & Industries. He can discuss the department’s 2013 report on Washington’s Death With Dignity Act; the report tracked the number of individuals who made use of the law and how many doctors and pharmacists assisted them.

The Death With Dignity National Center says that “(t)he greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one’s own desires and beliefs.” The center is based in Portland, Ore. For inquiries, contact Peter Korchnak at the number below.

Euthanasia.com, which opposes euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, posts links to numerous religious leaders’ and organizations’ statements on the issue.

ReligiousTolerance.org has a page of resources on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, including information on various faith groups’ positions.

Read about legal and ethical issues in dying, posted by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging.

The nonprofit ProCon.org posts a state-by-state guide to laws about physician-assisted suicide.

The New York Times tracks the subject  of assisted suicide with a Times Topics page.

Read a Feb. 11, 2011, column by physician Kenneth R. Stevens questioning Oregon’s 2010 annual report about usage of its assisted-suicide law. The op-ed was published by The Oregonian.

Read a March 12, 2012, NPR story about one of the early advocates for assisted suicide in Oregon using the law to end his own life.