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09-12-2015, 06:33 AM
Im for it !
The "death with dignity (http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/maynard-assisted-suicide-cancer-dignity/)" movement marked a victory in California Friday when the state Senate passed a bill allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the help of a physician.
The End of Life Option Act (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB128), which passed in the state Assembly (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/right-to-die-brittany-maynard_55f0cfe2e4b093be51bda5aa) Wednesday, would allow patients to seek aid-in-dying options so long as they are given six months or less to live by two doctors, submit a written request and two oral requests at least 15 days apart and possess the mental capacity to make their own health care decisions.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D), who attended a Jesuit seminary prior to his political career, has yet to indicate whether he will sign the bill into law.
The bill was inspired by Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area resident who became the public face of the "death with dignity" movement after she was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. After discovering her diagnosis was terminal, Maynard moved to Oregon, where it's long been legal for doctors to help patients end their own lives. Maynard died Nov. 1, 2014.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-right-to-die_55f1fbbae4b002d5c078cd6b
The "death with dignity (http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/opinion/maynard-assisted-suicide-cancer-dignity/)" movement marked a victory in California Friday when the state Senate passed a bill allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the help of a physician.
The End of Life Option Act (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB128), which passed in the state Assembly (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/right-to-die-brittany-maynard_55f0cfe2e4b093be51bda5aa) Wednesday, would allow patients to seek aid-in-dying options so long as they are given six months or less to live by two doctors, submit a written request and two oral requests at least 15 days apart and possess the mental capacity to make their own health care decisions.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D), who attended a Jesuit seminary prior to his political career, has yet to indicate whether he will sign the bill into law.
The bill was inspired by Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old San Francisco Bay Area resident who became the public face of the "death with dignity" movement after she was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. After discovering her diagnosis was terminal, Maynard moved to Oregon, where it's long been legal for doctors to help patients end their own lives. Maynard died Nov. 1, 2014.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-right-to-die_55f1fbbae4b002d5c078cd6b