River Ruler

Historical marker location:

58201 US Highway 97, Bend, Oregon

( Marker can be reached from Forest Road 9702, 4 miles west of The Dalles-California Highway (U.S. 97).)

Oregon was the first state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill patients to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication to end their lives.