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Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Delaware's Assisted Suicide Law
Disability groups argue the law violates constitutional rights and risks discrimination by steering disabled people toward assisted death, seeking a court block before its Jan. 1 start.
- On Dec. 8, a coalition including Delaware chapter of ADAPT and Freedom Center for Independent Living, Inc. filed a federal complaint in U.S. District Court seeking emergency relief to block the End of Life Options Act before its Jan. 1, 2026, start.
- Plaintiffs argue the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act, creating a two-tiered medical system steering disabled people away from accessible health care and suicide prevention services.
- Under the statute, doctors and advanced practice registered nurses must offer options like hospice and require psychological evaluation for patients lacking decision-making capacity, with regulations expected in the coming weeks.
- Plaintiffs warn the statute risks deadly discrimination by doctors and insurance companies toward people with serious disabilities and contend it could apply to non-terminal conditions like anorexia and spinal cord injuries, possibly reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Across the country, similar litigation is unfolding as regulations for the law remain unfinished, and plaintiffs say implementation on Jan. 1, 2026 raises stakes for vulnerable patients.
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Advocacy groups launch federal lawsuit challenging Delaware’s medical aid in dying law
Less than a month before the new End of Life Options Act takes effect in Delaware, a group of disability and patient advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the controversial law from being implemented.
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Delaware physician-assisted suicide law 'will create a separate and unequal system,' alleges lawsuit seeking to have it blocked - The Dialog
A group of national and Delaware-based disability and patient advocacy organizations joined a lawsuit that asks a federal judge to declare the state’s physician-assisted suicide law unconstitutional and to block its implementation. The Institute for Patients’ Rights is among the groups that include The Freedom Center for Independent Living, Inc., in Middletown, the Delaware chapter of ADAPT, Not Dead Yet, United Spinal Association, the National …
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