Petitioners Maintain They Have Standing To Challenge Assisted Suicide Law

Mealey's (February 15, 2019, 10:19 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Six doctors and a medical association say in a reply brief filed Feb. 7 in the California Supreme Court that they have public interest standing to challenge the constitutionality of California’s End of Life Options Act (EOLOA), which allows terminally ill patients who are mentally competent to be prescribed an aid-in-dying medication, and that an answering brief filed by the state’s attorney general and Department of Public Health (DPH) creates an issue as to whether the judiciary must show deference to a prosecutor’s constitutional interpretation (Attorney General of the State of California, et al. v. Superior Court, No. S253424, Calif. Sup.)....