Group Urges Calif. AG to File Immediate Appeal to Suspend Judgment Invalidating Medical Aid-in-Dying Law
(WorldNews Health)

Appeal of Judgment Would Preserve End of Life Option Act Until Further Action By the Courts Matt Fairchild who is living with terminal melanoma Compassion & Choices urges the California attorney general to immediately file an appeal with a state appellate court to suspend a judgment today invalidating the End of Life Option Act. Appealing the ruling filed last night by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia would preserve access to the law until the appeals process is completed or future ruling from the courts. Similar to laws in Washington, D.C. and six other states, the California law gives mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live the option...