A terminally ill Minnesota man is asking a federal court to let doctors in Colorado administer drugs to him so he can die peacefully there, a challenge to the state’s residency requirement in accessing end-of-life care.
Prohibiting Colorado doctors from giving non-residents drugs to ease suffering in their final months is unconstitutional, lawyers for Jeff McComas wrote in a complaint filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado.
Two Colorado doctors who would like to prescribe life-ending medication to non-residents joined McComas in suing several state officials, including Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Attorney General Philip ...
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