How one journalist helped her dad die

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<p>If you&rsquo;re suffering from a terminal illness and have only a few months to live, should you be allowed to choose how and when to end your life? Ten states in the country allow patients to do just that &mdash; a practice referred to as medical aid in dying &mdash; under highly regulated laws. In April 2020, <a href="https://apple.news/AWSuCVwB2R7etDK9z9DDBVQ"><em>Bloomberg</em></a> journalist Esm&eacute; Deprez&rsquo;s father became the second person to end his life under the Maine Death with Dignity Act. Deprez speaks with Apple News Today host Duarte Geraldino about that experience and <a href="https://apple.news/AUV-eGUsTRPSPI20M8Yfofg">a California case</a> making its way through the courts now that could expand the scope of the law.</p>