California Becomes Latest State To Legalize Aid-In-Dying
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- California on Thursday becomes the latest state to allow the terminally ill to legally choose to end their lives.
The move has raised worries among some people in the state's large Latino and African-American communities that poor people with serious illnesses could be pressured to take lethal drugs as a cheaper option to long-term care.
California is far more diverse than the four other states where the option is available -- Washington, Vermont, Montana and Oregon.
Oregon officials say most of those who have decided to take life-ending drugs in the state have been white, over 65 and well-educated. Oregon pioneered the law in 1997.
