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Another Round in the Battle over Assisted Suicide in California.(Legislation)
Democratic legislators from the California Assembly joined forces at a February 15 press conference to announce the "California Com-passionate Choices Act." AB 374 is essentially indistinguishable from a bill that failed in a senate committee last year, 32.
The key difference is not substance but rather that this time around, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has joined two other Assembly Democrats, Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine, as sponsors. "Is it important that the speaker is a joint author? It's huge," Berg told reporters. "It sends a clear message to all members of the Assembly that this is not only good policy, it's good politics."
According to the Catholic News Service, "Levine and Berg are banking that Nunez's influence will sway lawmakers to legalize assisted suicide in California."
Currently, assisted suicide in the United States is legal only in Oregon. California sponsors say their measure is patterned after Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act." In 1992 California voters rejected an assisted suicide ballotProposition 161by a 54% to 46% margin.
Under AB 374 if a patient is diagnosed as having less than six months to live, he or she could ask a physician for lethal barbiturates. The individual would need to submit an oral and a written request, be declared mentally competent by two doctors, "be counseled about alternatives and wait through a cooling-off time," according to the Oakland Tribune.
Facing an even tougher battle this year, a coalition of pro-life, religious, and disability rights groups are gearing up once again. The coalition has included the California Pro-Life Council (NRLC's state affiliate), the California Catholic Conference, the California Disability Alliance, and the California Medical Association.
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