Largely Latino California to put aid-in-dying law to test

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Largely Latino California is the first minority-majority state to allow the terminally ill to hasten their deaths - the biggest test yet of the practice that has raised concerns by communities of color.

African American and Latino leaders worry that poor people with serious illnesses could be pressured to take the lethal drugs as a cheaper option to long-term care.

Largely Latino California to put aid-in-dying law to test