California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 by the California State Legislature which allows terminally ill adult residents in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met.[1] The law was signed in by California governor Jerry Brown in October 2015, making California the fifth state to allow physicians to prescribe drugs to end the life of a terminally ill patient,[2] often referred to as physician-assisted suicide.
In May 2018, a state trial court ruled that the law was unconstitutionally enacted,[3] but the following month, the law was reinstated by a state appeals court;[4] the law was affirmed by the California Supreme Court.[5]
- ^ "End of Life Option Act". Coalition for Compassionate Care of California. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ Lovett, Ian; Perez-Pena, Richard (October 5, 2015). "California Governor Signs Assisted Suicide Bill Into Law". New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Wesley J. (May 16, 2018). "California Assisted-Suicide Law Unconstitutionally Enacted". National Review. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "State Appeals Court Reinstates California's Right-To-Die Law". The New York Times. June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "California".