Developments in the United States
Developments are abundant in the United States. Here is what we see coming in the coming year: Activity in the West California legislators will introduce
December 31, 2014
Colorado
Legal situation
In short
In 2016, the Colorado End of Life Options Act was signed.
Colorado End of Life Options Act
The Act is modelled after Oregon’s ‘Death with Dignity law’. Colorado’s aid-in-dying law says adult patients can obtain the prescription if two physicians agree that they have a terminal illness and less than six months to live.
Colorado is the 5th state to codify the procedures and safeguard in the law books, allowing aid in dying.
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