My brother fighting the good fight up North.

The Wenatchee World Online – Right-to-die initiative making its way to state ballot.

Critics, including doctors and disability-rights advocates, say assisted suicide laws create a slippery slope leading to legal euthanasia, or mercy killing. "We understand the convenience of people wanting to have control at the end of their lives, but this also takes away control from people who are vulnerable," said Dan Duringer, a volunteer with the pro-life group LifePAC in Clark County. "Coercion can be a very subtle thing." Duringer is not impressed with the Oregon law's safeguards.