A federal district court in California has ruled that doctors in the state who object to assisted suicide cannot be forced to take part in the procedure.
U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha for the Central District of California, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled on Sept. 2 that a state law that took effect in January likely violates the First Amendment rights of doctors by requiring them to take part in physician-assisted suicide. He granted a preliminary injunction barring the state from compelling health care providers to document a patient’s request for life-ending medication.
