Post by 101ABN on Mar 31, 2005 19:43:46 GMT -8
Assisted Suicide Bill Coming Up in California
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
March 31, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- California lawmakers will soon take up a bill that would legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
State Assembly Bill 654, introduced by Democrats Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine in February, is scheduled for an April 12 hearing and possible vote in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
According to its text, the bill would authorize mentally competent adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal disease to request medication for the purpose of ending their lives in a humane and dignified manner.
It would also give doctors immunity from civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for prescribing lethal doses of drugs in good-faith compliance with the act.
Supporters of assisted suicide, including Compassion in Dying and the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization, say the bill gives people freedom of choice at the end of life.
Full article here:
www.gopusa.com/news/2005/march/0331_suicide_bill.shtml
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
March 31, 2005
(CNSNews.com) -- California lawmakers will soon take up a bill that would legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
State Assembly Bill 654, introduced by Democrats Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine in February, is scheduled for an April 12 hearing and possible vote in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
According to its text, the bill would authorize mentally competent adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal disease to request medication for the purpose of ending their lives in a humane and dignified manner.
It would also give doctors immunity from civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for prescribing lethal doses of drugs in good-faith compliance with the act.
Supporters of assisted suicide, including Compassion in Dying and the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization, say the bill gives people freedom of choice at the end of life.
Full article here:
www.gopusa.com/news/2005/march/0331_suicide_bill.shtml
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