Compassion & Choices: California Judge Dismisses Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Void Medical Aid-in-Dying Law
March 28, 2024
US District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha dismissed a federal lawsuit claiming that California's revised End of Life Option Act discriminates against people with disabilities. Compassion & Choices filed a motion on behalf of three California patients and two doctors requesting to intervene in the case, as well as a proposed motion to dismiss. “This ruling rejects the plaintiff’s claims of coercion because it specifies that the law explicitly requires attending physicians to discuss with patients the feasible alternatives or additional treatment options, including comfort care, hospice care, palliative care, and pain control,” said O'Melveny partner John Kappos, who represents Compassion & Choices.
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