Mascall Overlook

Historical marker location:

Dayville, Oregon

( Marker can be reached from County Road 40 (County Route 40).)

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

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.