Summary
A New Mexico law requires doctors to facilitate physician assisted suicide in ways that violate their religious convictions and professional ethics.
Case timeline
- April 2021: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act into law.
- December 2022: ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Lacy and CMDA.
- March 2023: The New Mexico Senate and House passed the Refusal of End-of-Life Options Act, which allows doctors to decline to participate in assisted suicide for religious or conscientious reasons.
- April 2023: Lujan Grisham signed the new bill into law, protecting religious and conscientious objections for medical professionals in New Mexico. As a result, ADF dismissed the lawsuit.
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