(SRN NEWS)-A group of disability advocates is taking the state to court, arguing that the measure — which allows doctors to help people take their own life — unfairly targets the disabled. The suit contends that a request for suicide indicates a mental disorder. Under Colorado law, if a healthy person makes the request he […]
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Colorado’s assisted suicide law is being challenged
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(SRN NEWS)-A group of disability advocates is taking the state to court, arguing that the measure — which allows doctors to help people take their own life — unfairly targets the disabled. The suit contends that a request for suicide indicates a mental disorder. Under Colorado law, if a healthy person makes the request he is referred to a psychiatrist, but if a disabled person does so they are allowed to kill themselves. The suicide law was passed in 2016.