Bay Area Doctor Opens Euthanasia Business
A Bay Area medical practitioner is opening up his own euthanasia practice, taking advantage of this Thursday’s implementation of California’s new physician-assisted suicide law.
Brittany Maynard
Physician-Assisted Suicide Group Targets Blacks, Latinos
The organization that helped 29 year-old Brittany Maynard achieve physician-assisted suicide in November of 2014 is now targeting “people of color” in a new initiative that seeks to “expand end-of-life options” for blacks, Latinos, and Asians in America.
Jerry Brown Signs CA Right-To-Die Bill: Suicide Would be a ‘Comfort’
California became the fifth state to enact right-to-die legislation when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law on Monday.
Resurrected Assisted Suicide Approved in California Assembly
Wednesday California’s State Assembly resurrected from the dead and passed an assisted suicide bill. It will now pass to the State Senate, which has previously passed such legislation.
End-Of-Life Bill Sneaks Through to Assembly
The End-of-Life Option Act, SB 128, which seemed dead this summer when it failed to exit the California Assembly Health Committee, was resurrected in August with a new name, AB X2-15, and may be passed by the Assembly this week.
Aid-in-Dying Bill May Fail Due to SoCal Democrat Latinos
California Senate Bill 128, which allows terminally ill people to end their own lives, has looked like a shoo-in for passage, but suddenly some key southern California legislators may stand in the way.
Assisted Suicide Bill Delayed as Uneasy Legislators Reconsider
Assisted suicide legislation in California is in danger of dying itself, as a vote in the State Assembly Health Committee slated for Tuesday was delayed another two weeks.
Assisted Suicide Bill Passes in California Senate
A highly controversial California State Senate bill that would allow doctors to provide lethal, life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live passed in a 23-14 vote on Thursday.
Liberal Hypocrisy: Death Penalty and State-Sanctioned Suicide
In our society, the act of dying is treated respectfully as a private affair. This is because it is an emotionally difficult process for the living and often a painful one for the dying. As all of us can or will attest, dealing with death is difficult and in my own case the loss of my brother to a terminal illness brought these issues home.
Assisted Suicide Bill in Connecticut Defeated for Third Time
For the third consecutive year, a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to commit suicide with the help of a physician failed to make it out of the state’s Judiciary Committee.
Euthanasia Bill Makes Its Way Through California Legislature
An assisted suicide bill which would allow physicians in California to administer lethal drugs to mentally competent, terminally ill patients to accelerate their deaths, passed the first of two state Senate committee panels on Wednesday. The hearing was an emotional one, and legislators heard starkly opposing views.
California Ban on Doctor-Assisted Suicide Challenged in Court
In California, advocates for overturning the federal ban on the right to die are adopting a strategy used by right-to-die advocates across the nation; they are filing suit against the state in which they reside.
CA Legislators Push Aid-In-Dying Bill
Inspired by the case of Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old California woman terminally ill with brain cancer who moved to Oregon to commit suicide legally, two California lawmakers have introduced a bill to permit assisted suicide.