Historical Marker

Bristow Monument

Historical marker location:
Pleasant Hill, Oregon
( Marker is on Oregon Route 58 south of Edenvale Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Oregon History.

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.