DREDF applauds the 12/07/22 order of District Court Judge Vince Chhabria dismissing, with prejudice, a federal case seeking to legalize euthanasia in California by eliminating the self-administration requirement in the State's End-of-Life Options Act (ELOA) (1/5)
Shavelson v. CA Dept of Health Care Services (3:21-cv-06654), was a misguided attempt to use #DisabilityRights laws to eliminate the requirement that a person seeking to end their life under ELOA have "the physical and mental ability to self-administer” aid-in-dying drugs (2/5)
ELOA’s self-administration requirement was enacted by the California Legislature for the express purpose of preventing lethal injection, mercy killings, and euthanasia. It is the Act’s most essential safeguard, specifically intended to prevent coercion and abuse (3/5)
Judge Chhabria determined that elimination of ELOA’s self-administration requirement would "cross the sharp line drawn by the Legislature between assisted suicide and euthanasia", “fundamentally alter” the nature of the program, and compromise its “essential nature” (4/5)
DREDF wrote an amicus brief in support of dismissal in the case, explaining how assisted suicide laws are discriminatory, reflect medical bias, and present unique threats to disabled people. Where such laws exist, safeguards must be upheld. dredf.org/wp-content/upl… (5/5)
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