News Release

Contact: Greg Eddleston – geddleston@dwd.org / (503) 228.6079

What:   News Conference announcing launch of issue advocacy campaign

Where: Oregon Death with Dignity
              520 SW 6^th Avenue, Suite 1030

               Downtown Portland

When:  Monday, October 14, 2002, 10 AM

***A second news conference will be held in Eugene, OR, Monday afternoon at 2 PM, location TBD***                

Portland, OR – On Monday, October 14^th, the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund will launch an issue advocacy campaign aimed at setting the record straight on Senator Gordon Smith and gubernatorial candidate Kevin Mannix and their respective positions on Oregon’s Death with Dignity law.

The news conference will feature information about this campaign, designed to educate Oregonians about the opposition to Oregon’s Death with Dignity law led by Smith, Mannix, and Ashcroft.

“We can’t let another minute go by without telling Oregonians how our U.S. Senator has turned his back on Oregon voters and is working hand-in-hand with Attorney General Ashcroft to nullify the law we passed twice,” said Scott Blaine Swenson, Executive Director of Oregon Death with Dignity.

For the very latest information on the Death with Dignity law and the activities of the Oregon Death with Dignity Center, visit us online: www.dwd.org.

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