A Growing Number Of Coloradans Asked For Medical Aid In Dying Prescriptions Last Year

Emergency room doctor Harry Calvino’s wife Antje was among the 125 Coloradans who got prescriptions for drugs to help them die last year. That’s up some 74 percent from from the previous year, according to a recent state report. Most of those people were educated, white urbanites with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Listen to Dr. Harry Calvino and Sam DeWitt of Compassion and Choices on Colorado Matters.

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