Historical Marker
The Thompson House
Historical marker location:
207 West 3rd Street, The Dalles, Oregon
( Marker is on West 3rd Street (U.S. 30) near Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.)
1889-97.
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.