Voters pass end-of-life measure in Washington state

Washington state voters passed an initiative that allows doctors to prescribe lethal prescriptions to terminally ill patients who have six months or less to live. Under Initiative 1000, patients must request the prescription from the physician and must self-administer the lethal medication. The measure also states that two physicians have to determine that the patient has an incurable disease that will cause death within six months. The physician must also recommend, but not require, the patient to notify next of kin.

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