End-of-life care

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court in California denied a preliminary injunction to two people with neurodegenerative diseases who claim the state’s End of Life Option Act violates the rights of people with disabilities because it prohibits people who are not physically able to administer end-of-life medication to themselves from participating in the program.

The court found the plaintiffs’ requested modification “would compromise the essential nature” of the program and the legislature intended to protect someone’s life from being ended without their full consent.