California Appeals Court Ends Lawsuit Over State's Assisted Death Law

The 4th Appellate District Court of Appeal in California has ended a lawsuit, first brought in 2018, that had temporarily suspended California's medical aid-in-dying law. The law permits adults Californians to obtain prescriptions for life-ending medication. The original lawsuit claimed that state legislators had passed the law unconstitutionally in 2016 during a special session. The law had been set to sunset in 2026, but the recent passage of SB 380 reauthorized, revised, and extended the law until 2031, effectively rendering the lawsuit moot. California is one of 10 states that currently allow medical aid-in-dying. See AP News.