<Tr> <Td> Yes </Td> <Td> 445,830 </Td> <Td> 7001400900000000000 ♠ 40.09% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> No </Td> <Td> 666,275 </Td> <Td> 7001599100000000000 ♠ 59.91% </Td> </Tr> <P> Measure 16 of 1994 established the U.S. state of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (ORS 127.800 - 995), which legalizes medical aid in dying (commonly referred to as physician - assisted suicide) with certain restrictions . Passage of this initiative made Oregon the first U.S. state and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to permit some terminally ill patients to determine the time of their own death. . </P> <P> The measure was approved in the November 8, 1994, general election . 627,980 votes (51.3%) were cast in favor, 596,018 votes (48.7%) against . An injunction delayed implementation of the Act until it was lifted on October 27, 1997 . Measure 51, referred in the wake of Washington v. Glucksberg by the state legislature in November 1997, sought to repeal the Death with Dignity Act, but was rejected by 60% of voters . The act was challenged by the George W. Bush administration, but was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in Gonzales v. Oregon in 2006 . </P>

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