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United States District Judge Vince Chhabria, through a <\/span>series of rulings<\/span><\/a>, has completely <\/span>dismissed<\/span><\/a> a Northern California lawsuit by <\/span>Lonny Shavelson<\/a>, M.D., and others, to further expand <\/span>California\u2019s End of Life Option Act<\/span><\/a>. The law currently requires <\/span>self-administration<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of suicide drugs<\/a> (versus physician-administration\/euthanasia) which was considered a protection against abuse,\u00a0but through this lawsuit was challenged as a barrier to accessing physician-assisted death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shavelson and other plaintiffs <\/span>argued<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that the law violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Specifically, they said federal law would be violated when a patient is disabled and \u201cno physician will help [the patient] ingest the aid-in-dying medication because of the threat of criminal prosecution, meaning that [the patient] must choose between taking the medication prematurely, or risk losing the option entirely.\u201d Assisting someone\u2019s suicide via euthanasia or some other means was necessary, they argued, for the California law to conform to the ADA. In June of this year, the judge found, on balance, that the California law does not<\/em> violate the ADA.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the June 2022 dismissal, Not Dead Yet, a disability rights organization,\u00a0<\/span>intoned<\/span><\/a> that \u201cassisted suicide laws themselves violate the ADA by setting up a double standard for how society responds to a person who says they want to commit suicide \u2013 some people get suicide prevention and others get suicide assistance, and the difference is the person\u2019s health and disability status.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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On December 7, 2022, Judge Chhabria <\/span>further ruled<\/span><\/a> that even if the plaintiff\u2019s hypothetical concerns about access to death-inducing drugs were accurate, the California End of Life Option Act simply does not permit the use of euthanasia. In fact, the committee that adopted the law during a <\/span>special session<\/span><\/a> on the rising cost of medical care<\/span>\u00a0specifically excluded<\/em> the use of euthanasia, as did the balance of the legislature upon review.<\/span><\/p>\n

Entities that oppose assisted suicide have <\/span>applauded<\/span><\/a> this decision.\u00a0<\/span>Matt Valli\u00e8re, Executive Director of the Patient\u2019s Rights Action Fund,<\/span> stated<\/span><\/a>, \u201c<\/span>Assisted suicide laws are already highly controversial in the United States. By dismissing the suit, the Court prevents the ongoing \u2018mission creep\u2019 of California\u2019s assisted suicide law from becoming a euthanasia statute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A determination on whether this ruling will be appealed has not been announced at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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