The process of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act | Your Thoughts
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '4.000', 'text': "Well, before we go tonight, let's get to"}, {'start': '2.159', 'end': '5.759', 'text': 'some of your feedback on our big story'}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '7.839', 'text': 'last night, looking at the latest'}, {'start': '5.759', 'end': '10.400', 'text': "numbers from Oregon's Death with Dignity"}, {'start': '7.839', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'Act, otherwise known as Medical Aid in'}, {'start': '10.400', 'end': '15.120', 'text': 'Dying for terminally ill patients. Last'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '17.119', 'text': 'night, we showed you how the rigorous'}, {'start': '15.120', 'end': '19.520', 'text': 'process works right now and how a bill'}, {'start': '17.119', 'end': '22.160', 'text': 'in Salem could adjust some of the'}, {'start': '19.520', 'end': '24.400', 'text': 'current requirements. Senate Bill 103 is'}, {'start': '22.160', 'end': '26.240', 'text': 'now awaiting action in the Senate Rules'}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '28.960', 'text': "Committee. You can watch last night's"}, {'start': '26.240', 'end': '30.880', 'text': 'segment anytime on the KJW YouTube page,'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '32.880', 'text': 'but we asked for your thoughts on the'}, {'start': '30.880', 'end': '35.040', 'text': 'Death with the Dignity program as a'}, {'start': '32.880', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'whole, which Oregon pioneered in the'}, {'start': '35.040', 'end': '40.719', 'text': 'late 1990s. And much of your feedback'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '42.640', 'text': 'was positive, like this email from Judy.'}, {'start': '40.719', 'end': '44.719', 'text': 'She wrote, "Each of us have our own'}, {'start': '42.640', 'end': '47.440', 'text': 'journeys in this life and should be able'}, {'start': '44.719', 'end': '49.360', 'text': "to make our own choices. We're humane to"}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '50.960', 'text': "animals when they're suffering. Why"}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '53.360', 'text': "shouldn't we be able to do the same for"}, {'start': '50.960', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'ourselves? We all have so much to learn'}, {'start': '53.360', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'in this world. We should be able to exit'}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '60.559', 'text': "this world with dignity if that's one's"}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '63.359', 'text': 'choice. Now, a number of you wrote to us'}, {'start': '60.559', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'with your experiences with the program.'}, {'start': '63.359', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'An anonymous viewer said, "Several years'}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '71.040', 'text': 'ago, I had a brother-in-law who chose to'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'end his life using this process. A once'}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'vibrantly active man was now totally'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '77.680', 'text': 'housebound. He did not like the stress'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'and additional work his debilitation'}, {'start': '77.680', 'end': '82.960', 'text': 'placed on his wife. She agreed with his'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '86.159', 'text': 'decision and was with him for every step'}, {'start': '82.960', 'end': '89.040', 'text': 'on the path. She told me he died with a'}, {'start': '86.159', 'end': '90.960', 'text': 'smile on his face. Well, opponents of'}, {'start': '89.040', 'end': '92.880', 'text': 'the new bill and the program in general,'}, {'start': '90.960', 'end': '95.280', 'text': 'like the group Oregon Right to Life,'}, {'start': '92.880', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'worry about the spike in the number of'}, {'start': '95.280', 'end': '99.360', 'text': 'deadly prescriptions written under the'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '101.759', 'text': 'program, while the number of deaths'}, {'start': '99.360', 'end': '104.079', 'text': "doesn't match up. They worry about the"}, {'start': '101.759', 'end': '106.240', 'text': 'meds just sitting around somewhere. A'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'viewer who told us his mother used the'}, {'start': '106.240', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'program a couple of years ago says'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '114.079', 'text': "that's just not how it works. It was"}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '116.720', 'text': 'quite a peaceful procedure and the whole'}, {'start': '114.079', 'end': '119.360', 'text': 'family gathered around her. Uh she'}, {'start': '116.720', 'end': '123.920', 'text': 'really knew what she wanted to do on the'}, {'start': '119.360', 'end': '126.240', 'text': 'day that um uh she took the medication.'}, {'start': '123.920', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'The medication has to be mixed together'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '132.000', 'text': "with uh three different chemicals. It's"}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'not something you can take accidentally.'}, {'start': '132.000', 'end': '136.080', 'text': 'And I do remember it was quite'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'cumbersome for my mother to find the'}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '141.280', 'text': 'second doctor and to jump through all'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '144.080', 'text': "the hoops. Um I think there's plenty of"}, {'start': '141.280', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'guidelines in place already. And'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'shortening that 15-day period to 7 days,'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '152.080', 'text': 'I think just makes it easier for someone'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '154.560', 'text': 'who might be frustrated and is ready to'}, {'start': '152.080', 'end': '156.400', 'text': 'make their final decision. And we really'}, {'start': '154.560', 'end': '158.560', 'text': 'want to thank everyone who wrote in or'}, {'start': '156.400', 'end': '160.400', 'text': 'called us with your experiences because'}, {'start': '158.560', 'end': '164.400', 'text': 'it helps us all better understand the'}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '164.400', 'text': 'topic or even see it in a new'}]