Group starts campaign against aid-in-dying

Published May 31, 2017 3:15pm ET



The Patients Rights Action Fund, a group fighting against the expansion of aid-in-dying laws, started a video campaign Wednesday urging lawmakers to oppose legislation that allows terminally ill patients to obtain prescriptions for life-ending medications.

The online video features Dr. Brian Callister, an internist and medical professor at the University of Nevada Medical School, who said that insurers refused to cover life-saving procedures for two out-of-state patients who were not terminally ill but offered instead to cover medication for aid-in-dying.

Already a print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.

Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.

Get Unlimited Access

Already a member? Log in

Cancel anytime.