A federal appeals court panel heard an appeal from Sean Curran, a quadriplegic, and disability rights groups challenging Delaware's End of Life Options Act, arguing it discriminates against disabled people by requiring doctors to inform patients about assisted suicide as part of standard care. Delaware officials argued Curran lacks standing and that the law does not legalize assisted suicide but merely offers it as a voluntary option, while the court panel did not indicate when or how it would rule.
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Euthanasia Assisted Suicide
Umbrella filter covering euthanasia and assisted-suicide topics; not a claim that their legal definitions are identical.
Life Legal challenges Delaware’s assisted suicide law before the Third Circuit, asserting the government must protect life rather than facilitate death. Supported by 14 organizations, the brief emphasizes that assisted suicide threatens the dignity of human life and can lead to broader societal pressures to choose death, not life. The post Life Legal challenges assisted suicide law in federal court appeared first on .
Read →Not Dead Yet is proud to join Sean Curran and five other organizational plaintiffs (Delaware ADAPT, Freedom Center for Independent Living, United Spinal Association, National Council on Independent Living, Institute for Patients’ Rights) in a lawsuit against health agencies in Delaware and their use of the End of Life Options Act (EOLOA). Not Dead Yet […]
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