Updated: Historical Timeline

– UPDATED: Historical Timeline: In 1828, New York was the first US state to ban assisted suicide. In 1994, Oregon became the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. By the end of 2008, two other US states ( Washington and Montana) had also legalized physician-assisted suicide. See our timeline from the 5^th Century BC to 2008 for much more history on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.