The only other option that people have in this state is committing suicide. If I can’t find some way of doing it legally, I’ll do it illegally.

Bob Sloan, a 73-year-old who said he intends to seek medical aid-in-dying if doctors say he is terminally ill. But in California, where he lives in a veterans' home, the procedure is not available to people living in veterans' homes.

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Bob Sloan, a 73-year-old who said he intends to seek medical aid-in-dying if doctors say he is terminally ill. But in California, where he lives in a veterans' home, the procedure is not available to people living in veterans' homes.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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