Ethical Concerns with the Law While there are still concerns surrounding the ethics of allowing MAID, the already existing law in California may in fact not allow enough access. The current California End of Life Option Act requires that the patients who use it have a terminal illness, a prognosis of six months or less, full mental capacity, several requests for MAID with waiting periods in between, and they must be capable of administering the medication to themselves without assistance. This means that, if they choose to take the medications orally, the patient must be able to sip through a straw and swallow; or they must be able to physically press a syringe plunger to dispense the medications through their feeding or rectal tube. This requirement was set in place as a medical safeguard and in order to draw a line between MAID and euthanasia. There were and are fears that, if we allowed clinicians to administer the medications to the patient, it would open the doors for abuse against vulnerable populations. The act of administering the medications themselves was seen as a final form of obtaining consent. However, this part of the law has only led to more inequality for those with disabilities caused by neurological conditions. For people with neurological disorders, especially those that are progressive like multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's, etc, this part of the law makes their options limited and on a restricted timeline. explain this