Assisted death is legal in California, but some patients die waiting. A new bill could help

Posted on AllSides August 1st, 2021
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Will Forest’s battle with an unclassified motor neuron disease progressed far more quickly than anyone expected. The 65-year-old Santa Cruz resident was still playing disc golf last December; by the spring, his bodily function was diminishing so rapidly that he feared he might suffocate or choke on his own saliva.

Not wanting to spend his final months in terror, his wife said, Forest turned to California’s 5-year-old assisted death law, which allows terminally ill patients to obtain a lethal prescription and end their lives on their own terms. But as...

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