A federal court in Colorado has officially ended a lawsuit challenging the residency requirement in a state law that allows doctors to assist terminally ill patients with ending their lives.
The US District Court for the District of Colorado terminated the case Tuesday, following a notice of voluntary dismissal filed by plaintiffs Nov. 4. Patient plaintiff Jeff McComas died in September, leaving only doctor plaintiffs whose standing was questioned by Judge R. Brooke Jackson in a Sept. 19 minute order.
Laws in 11 states and Washington, D.C., currently authorize medical aid-in-dying, but six of them—in addition to Colorado—require the patient ...
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