Oregon Sued Over Aid-in-Dying Law’s Residency Requirement

A provision of Oregon’s aid-in-dying law that prevents doctors from prescribing drugs to non-state residents to help them end their lives must go, a new federal complaint filed by an Oregon doctor who provides patients with end-of-life care says.

The lawsuit is the first to challenge a state medical aid-in-dying law’s residency requirement, according to Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit that works to improve care and expand end-of-life choices. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

The District of Columbia and eight states—Washington, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Vermont—also ...