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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Should 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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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 28, 2017 • 1 min read

    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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    Inside the ongoing debate over California's aid-in-dying law
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    2. 18:06VR art exhibit shows harrowing experience of migrants
    3. 26:13Starry Kitchen: Underground dining club to hit restaurant
    4. 40:29Blackest black v. pinkest pink: Can you own a color?
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Gina Pollack

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Roberta Stone

      wife of man who used California’s end-of-life option law

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      Kevin Diaz

      Compassion and Choices

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      Georgetown

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Inside the ongoing debate over California's aid-in-dying law
    1. 0:00Should terminally ill patients be able to get prescriptions to end their lives?You’re reading this
    2. 18:06VR art exhibit shows harrowing experience of migrants
    3. 26:13Starry Kitchen: Underground dining club to hit restaurant
    4. 40:29Blackest black v. pinkest pink: Can you own a color?
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand