Citizens in Charge

Oregonians legalized assisted suicide a decade ago. Now, Washington may be the second state in the country to allow terminal patients to expedite their death.

“I suppose if they made you a zombie, that they could take away all your humanity in order to relieve you of pain, put you in a coma practically,” said Ginger Vetrano, who gathered signatures around the Tri-Cities to put the initiative on the ballot.