Funding for Washington Assisted-Suicide Initiative (I-1000)

Assisted-suicide activists loudly proclaim that those who oppose transforming assisted suicide into a "medical treatment" are well-funded.  However, the reality is that assisted-suicide activists are driving attempts to legalize assisted suicide in Washington with huge donations.  Reported contributions made by assisted-suicide advocacy groups and by campaign spokesperson, former Governor Booth Gardner, through 4/30/08 total $ 563,730.  That accounts for more than half of the $1,076,233.86 reported by the "Yes on I 1000" campaign committee.

CONTRIBUTOR	DATE	AMOUNT	REF #	TOTAL
Compassion & Choices Action Network	10/12/07	$ 15,000	1097833
	01/10/08	35,000	1121117	$ 50,000
Compassion & Choices of Idaho Chapter	03/03/08	$ 1,000	1138983	$ 1,000
Compassion & Choices of Indiana	03/07/08	$ 100	1139038	$ 100
Compassion & Choices of New York	03/31/08	$ 1,000	1139789	$ 1,000
Compassion & Choices of Washington	unknown	$ 15,000	unknown
	11/05/07	50,000	1105729	$ 65,000
Death with Dignity National Center	10/19/07	$ 15,000	1097837
	02/29/08	6,870	1134809	$ 21,870
Euthanasia Research & Guidance Org	11/28/07	$ 500	1105718
	01/16/08	1,000	1121180
	01/16/08	2,000	1121180	$ 3,500
Final Exit Network of Georgia	04/30/08	$ 1,000	100251333	$1,000
Final Exit Network of Illinois	03/28/08	$ 260	1139773	$ 260
Gardner, Booth	unknown	$ 15,000	unknown
	02/04/08	50,000	1129506
	03/25/08	50,000	1139726
	03/25/08	5,000	1139726	$ 120,000
Oregon Death with Dignity PAC	11/20/07	$200,000	100237330
	04/03/08	100,000	100251071	$ 300,000
TOTAL (from assisted-suicide organizations and Booth Gardner)				$ 563,730

Washington More about Washington's proposed assisted-suicide measure (I-1000).

Oregon Information about Oregon's assisted-suicide law on which the Washington proposal is based.