{"id":7853,"date":"2017-01-26T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T00:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2018-03-06T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T04:11:41","slug":"about-30-hospitals-opting-out-of-colorados-medical-aid-in-dying-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7853","title":{"rendered":"About 30 hospitals opting out of Colorado&#8217;s medical aid-in-dying law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Three major health systems have announced they will not participate<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>The Denver Post<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Jennifer Brown<\/p>\n<p>Up to 30\u00a0Colorado hospitals are opting out of the state&#8217;s new medical aid-in-dying law, either fully or in part, but whether that means the doctors they employ are banned from writing life-ending prescriptions is a controversy that could wind up in court.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, terminally ill Coloradans\u00a0who want to end their lives under the law will need\u00a0to find out whether their physicians are allowed to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Three major health systems with 30 hospitals among\u00a0them\u00a0\u2014 Centura Health and SCL\u00a0Health System, both religiously affiliated, and\u00a0HealthOne \u2014 have announced they will not participate in the law. What that means for doctors, though, varies by system. . . 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