Physician-Assisted Suicide: California Doctors Forced to Participate; Disabled at Risk

Doctor-assisted suicide just got easier in California. Doctors are compelled to participate, even those who fundamentally object. So they’re suing the state, as we learn from plaintiff Dr. Leslee Cochrane, executive medical director at Hospice of the Valleys, and attorney Christy Hirsch with Alliance Defending Freedom.

The disabled community is especially concerned about assisted suicide. Lawrence Carter-Long with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund explains what the fears are.

Then, in America Q&A we ask: Should America reassert itself as a global leader or manage decline and let other nations take over?

And in our second America Q&A we ask: What political or social issue have you changed your mind about and what changed your mind?

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