Judges of the New Mexico Court of Appeals will determine whether doctors can help terminally ill patients end their lives. New Mexico would join Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington as states that allow physician-assisted suicide because of terminal illness. Aja Riggs' case was presented to the court on Monday. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2011, which is in remission. If the cancer comes back, she wants to be able to end her life. "To require somebody in that case to suffer and withhold that option we know is safe and is compassionate and legal in other places, is just not right," Riggs said.
