California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has appealed a judge’s decision to overturn the state’s law allowing doctors to prescribe life-ending medications to terminally ill patients who request it.

Judge Daniel Ottolia of the Riverside County Superior Court ruled that the state’s law, the End of Life Option Act, was passed unconstitutionally because it was done by the legislature during a special session intended to focus on healthcare.

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