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The article reports on the funding problem for private school education of a student in Oregon for special education. The parents of a teenage boy diagnosed with deficit hyperactivity disorder were denied reimbursement after enrolling their son in a private school. Forest Grove School District said that they should have tried public special-education program first.

The article reports that Oregon is the only state that allows physician-assisted suicide. The Death With Dignity Act allows terminally ill patients to request lethal dose of medicine. It is stated that 292 people have died since the law was passed. Assisted suicide advocates hoped that the law would lead other states to follow suit but this has yet to happen. Proposals allowing assisted suicide were considered in some states including California, Vermont and Hawaii.

The article reports on the decision of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden to block the legislative bill introduced by Kansas Senator Sam Brownback that would bar doctors from prescribing federally controlled drugs for use in assisted suicide. Wyden is planning to block the bill indefinitely through a legislative hold. Brownback has explained his reason for introducing the bill.