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Shavelson v. California Department of Health Care Services (N.D. Cal.)

The amicus brief was filed on behalf of two organizations of Christian healthcare professionals — the Christian Medical and Dental Associations and the Coptic Medical Association of North America. The brief seeks to ensure that California’s decision to outlaw euthanasia is upheld in order to guard against the grave harms that euthanasia would threaten to the medical profession, to the many thousands of religious believers who practice in it, and to the availability of healthcare in California.

Case Documents

• Brief of Amici Curiae Christian Medical and Dental Associations and Coptic Medical Association of North America in Support of Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) (Feb. 1, 2022)

Press Releases

• "Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in California euthanasia case" by Kevin Allen, published by Notre Dame Law School (Feb. 7, 2022)

Meet the Team

1. 

   John Meiser

   Director, Religious Liberty Clinic
   Term Teaching Professor

2. 

   Francesca Genova Matozzo

   Legal Fellow, Religious Liberty Clinic

3. 

   Dan Loesing

   2020-21 Student Fellow

4. 

   Josh Lacoste

   2021-22 Student Fellow
   2022-23 Student Fellow

5. 

   Olivia Rogers

   2021-22 Student Fellow
   2022-23 Student Fellow