Doctors Fight Laws That Would Force Them to Help Kill Their Patients

For two decades, Dr. Leslee Cochrane has treated patients in some of their darkest days — people with less than six months to live who are often frail, in pain, and vulnerable.

Cochrane, a hospice physician in Southern California, said new patients often come to him in distress. They’re scared to die. They don’t want to be burdens on their families. They’re worried about money, because being terminally ill in America is often incredibly expensive.