Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Inside the ongoing debate over California's aid-in-dying law
It’s been a year since California enacted its aid-in-dying legislation. More than 100 people have used it to receive prescription drugs to end their lives. We meet the wife of a terminally ill man with cancer who did that. Meantime, a group is suing to repeal the fledgling law. We hear arguments on both sides of the debate.
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4 storiesShould terminally ill patients be able to get prescriptions to end their lives?
It’s been one year since California enacted its aid-in-dying legislation. More than 100 people have used it to receive prescription drugs to end their lives. We meet the wife of a terminally ill man with cancer who did that. A group is also suing to repeal the fledgling law. We hear arguments on both sides of the debate.
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