Challenge to California’s Aid-in-Dying Law

I don’t think we should be surprised to learn that a lawsuit has been filed, challenging California’s aid-in-dying law that became effective earlier this month. The LA Times reported on June 9, 2016 that a suit had been filed.  Opponents Sue to Overturn California’s New Aid-in-Dying Law explains that two organizations and some individual doctors filed the suit and claim that the law is unconstitutional,”argu[ing] that California’s law is a civil rights violation, stripping terminally ill patients of protections afforded to other Californians.” The article notes that the judge assigned to the case denied a TRO but a hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction will be held in late June.