A group of terminally ill patients seeking to block prosecution of doctors who would aid them in dying is appealing a Manhattan judge’s decision to dismiss their lawsuit.
The plaintiffs in Myers v. Schneiderman, 151162/2015, which include five medical professionals and the advocacy group End of Life Choices New York, seek a declaration that physicians who provide “aid-in-dying” service to mentally competent, terminally ill patients are not criminally liable under existing state statutes and an injunction to prohibit prosecution.
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