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Cancer Patients, Doctors Sue to Allow Aid in Dying

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Cancer patients and doctors are suing the state of California to allow physicians to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who ask for it. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, just three weeks after lawmakers proposed an "aid in dying" bill.

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