Assisted suicide gets push from out of state

By JOEL CONNELLY P-I COLUMNIST WHEN INITIATIVE 1000 was certified for the ballot last Thursday, few would have thought a measure legalizing physician-assisted suicide would transform Washington voters into a "Chosen People." If you read the 2007 report of the Death With Dignity National Center, however, what emerges is that the Evergreen State was carefully chosen, as it were, to revive a movement lately on life support. It is a tale of behind-the- scenes manipulation, candidly laid out by the manipulators: "We have spent the last year actively researching and collecting data to determine the state which is most likely to adopt a Death with Dignity law," said the annual report. "Through these efforts we have identified Washington as the state most likely ... We, at the Death with Dignity National Center, are proud to provide... [read full story]