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Assisted Suicide Proposal Returns to California.
Assemblywoman Patty Berg has introduced legislation to legalize assisted suicide in California. If passed, it would make California only the second state to legalize assisted suicide, after Oregon.
Meanwhile, the United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Oregon's law. (See story, page 6.)
Nearly identical to the language used in Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law, AB 654 is being opposed by a coalition of groups including disability advocates, medical and religious organizations, and pro-life groups including the California ProLife Council (CPLC), the state's NRLC affiliate. There was a four-hour-long hearing on the proposed legislation February 4 at which opponents, many of them people with disabilities, spoke against the measure.
The California Hospice Association opposes the proposed legislation. "The association believes we should not spend limited resources helping people end their lives because they fear loss of autonomy and suffering," said Peter Kellison, a spokesman for the group. Instead, California should "remove the barriers that result in those fears," he said, according to the newspaper, the Tidings.
The California Medical Association is also a foe of physician-assisted suicide, the Tidings ...
- Another Round in the Battle over Assisted Suicide in California.(Legislation)
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News March 1, 2007 700+ words
...will sway lawmakers to legalize assisted suicide in California." Currently, assisted suicide in the United States is legal...with Dignity Act." In 1992 California voters rejected an assisted suicide ballotProposition 161by a 54...
- LULAC National Board Votes to Oppose California Doctor Assisted Suicide.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 6, 2006 700+ words
...opposing Dr. Assisted Suicide at the request of the California LULAC State...legalize doctor-assisted suicide in California. "The national...Rights -- not Assisted Suicide. A recent...Latinos across California indicates that...
- California Medical Association Opposes Physician Assisted Suicide.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 23, 2005 700+ words
...seeking to legalize assisted suicide in California. Californians Reject Assisted Suicide Proposition 161, an...when euthanasia/assisted suicide advocates pushed legislation...legalize the practice in California, initial polling suggested...
- Poll Shows California Latinos Overwhelmingly OPPOSE Doctor-Assisted Suicide.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 9, 2006 700+ words
...Latinos across California indicates that...oppose doctor-assisted suicide. The survey was...strongly oppose" assisted suicide increased to 58...oppose changing California State Law to permit...than 60 cities in California and more than...Californians Against Assisted ...
- New Poll Shows California Latinos Overwhelmingly Oppose Doctor-Assisted Suicide.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 7, 2006 700+ words
...Latinos across California indicates that...oppose doctor-assisted suicide. The survey was...strongly oppose" assisted suicide increased to 58...oppose changing California State Law to permit...than 60 cities in California and more than...Californians Against Assisted ...
- California becomes next battleground in assisted suicide debate.
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Vitez, Michael January 17, 2006 700+ words
...Oregon's assisted suicide law, all eyes now turn to California, where a...If the California Legislature passes an assisted suicide law, supporters...Opponents of the California bill think...will reject assisted suicide. "There...
- Dr. Catherine Campisi, Former Director of the California Department of...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 27, 2007 700+ words
...opposing the legalization of assisted suicide in California. "Assisted suicide is a direct threat to...than the legalization of assisted suicide" In addition to her service as the Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation...
- Fabian Nunez, Lloyd Levine and Patty Berg Align With HMO Lobbying Group...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 22, 2007 700+ words
...attempt to pass Assisted Suicide in California, after a...fight against assisted suicide and mount...member of California Association...again defeat assisted suicide," added...president, California Foundation...
- California Assisted Suicide Bill Temporarily Defeated.
- Magazine article from: National Right to Life News August 1, 2005 700+ words
...would legalize assisted suicide in California will be reintroduced...the people of California about the specifics...physician-assisted suicide and the abuses...The push for assisted suicide is not just limited to California. Pro-lifers...
- California Catholic Conference Will Oppose Proposed 2005 ''Assisted Suicide''...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 11, 2004 700+ words
...a proposed "Assisted Suicide" bill that will...considered by the California Legislature...Legalizing 'assisted suicide' in California is not good public...to legalize 'assisted suicide' in California and pledges to...
Source: HighBeam Research, Assisted Suicide Proposal Returns to California.