They say the law violates the ADA, and makes it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t imminent to kill themselves.
By Don Thompson | Kaiser Health News
Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles County, argue that life-ending drugs are more likely to be used by people with disabilities and racial and ethnic minorities because those groupsto receive proper medical and mental health care. The advocates fear that vulnerable people could be pressured into taking their lives by family members or caretakers or feel pressure themselves because they don’t want to be a burden.
Proponents of the law rejected those claims. “We will do everything possible to ensure the law remains in effect,” said Kevin Díaz, chief legal advocacy officer for Compassion & Choices, a group that backed the California laws, in a statement. Michael Bien, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said the law violates constitutional equal protection and due process safeguards designed to protect people from discrimination and exclusion. Bien is one of the attorneys who sued on behalf of the United Spinal Association.
Ingrid Tischer of Berkeley is one of two individual plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Californiaâs physician-assisted death law. Tischer, who was born with muscular dystrophy, says people choosing to end their lives may not realize they could instead get help managing their pain.
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