Don Colburn
Don Colburn is an author at Religion News Service.
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U.S. Senator and Former Mormon Bishop Pours Out Lessons of Son’s Suicide
By Don Colburn — April 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Garrett Lee Smith, the son of Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., killed himself in his college apartment in Utah on Sept. 8, 2003. It was the day before his 22nd birthday. “Put me in the ground and forget about me,” Garrett had written in his suicide note. “Remembering Garrett: One […]
U.S. Senator and Former Mormon Bishop Pours Out Lessons of Son’s Suicide
By Don Colburn — April 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Garrett Lee Smith, the son of Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., killed himself in his college apartment in Utah on Sept. 8, 2003. It was the day before his 22nd birthday. “Put me in the ground and forget about me,” Garrett had written in his suicide note. “Remembering Garrett: One […]
Other States See Path in Ruling on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law
By Don Colburn — January 25, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When Oregon became the first state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide in 1997, backers hoped _ and opponents feared _ that others would follow. None did. Oregon remains the only state where a doctor can legally prescribe a drug dose aimed at hastening a patient’s death. The U.S. Supreme Court’s […]
NEWS STORY: Patient Regains Consciousness After Doctor-Assisted Suicide Attempt
By Don Colburn — March 8, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ An Oregon man’s attempt at doctor-assisted suicide last month took a bizarre turn when he woke from a coma nearly three days later and lived for two more weeks. David E. Prueitt, 42, who had lung cancer, died at home of natural causes Feb. 15 _ 16 […]
Oregon Prostate Cancer Patient Wants to Keep Death Options Open
By Don Colburn — February 25, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ With prostate cancer spreading to his liver and bones, Don James knows he is unlikely to be around when the U.S. Supreme Court rules on his right to a doctor’s help in ending his life. He plans to follow through soon on his request for doctor-assisted suicide […]
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