Individual, Nonprofits Lack Standing To Contest State End of Life Options Act
Court says none has an “injury in fact” to justify litigation to invalidate statute authorizing assisted suicide
A federal District Court in Delaware has held that neither a quadriplegic individual nor any of six organizations, apparently all nonprofits supporting rights for the disabled, has standing to challenge the validity of Delaware’s End of Life Options Act (“EOLOA”) that permits physician-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients. The Court has also ruled on a request for a temporary restraining order that the plaintiffs would not be likely to prevail on the merits.
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