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Suicide is never death with dignity, and assisted suicide legislation threatens true patient choices at the end of life.

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Terrible News: CA Senate passes SB 128, the Assisted Suicide Bill

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Here's the Sacramento Bee story.  http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article23113641.html. Can this be defeated in the CA Assembly?  If not, will Governor Jerry Brown veto it? If this bill passes, California will be the second state, after Vermont, to legalize assisted suicide through legislative action. … [Read more...] about Terrible News: CA Senate passes SB 128, the Assisted Suicide Bill

Action Needed: CA Assisted Suicide Bill To Come Up for Senate Floor Debate Tomorrow

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SB. 128, the CA assisted suicide bill that appeared to have died last week, as been resurrected in the CA Senate.  The debate and a possible vote will take place tomorrow.  True Dignity urges everyone to contact the following legislators: 'ben.allen@senate.ca.gov'; 'tony.mendoza@sen.ca.gov'; 'connie.leyva@sen.ca.gov'; 'isadore.hall@sen.ca.gov'; 'anthony.cannella@sen.ca.gov'; … [Read more...] about Action Needed: CA Assisted Suicide Bill To Come Up for Senate Floor Debate Tomorrow

Hopeful News: The California Legislature May Refuse to Legalize Assisted Suicide

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Though nothing is certain at this point, Aaron Kheriaty, a psychiatrist and medical ethicist from the University of California at Irvine who is closely following the assisted suicide bill in California , writes in an article posted on the Wall Street Journal website last night that the bill's recent placement on a Senate committee's "suspense list" is a sign that it has bogged … [Read more...] about Hopeful News: The California Legislature May Refuse to Legalize Assisted Suicide

Lawmakers ignore abuse and lack of protections; S.108 signed into law May 20

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Today, Governor Peter Shumlin signed S. 108 into law, on the second anniversary of the implementation of Act 39, Vermont’s law legalizing physician-assisted suicide.  That he did so was, sadly,  no surprise. In a news media release, the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare (VAEH) had this to say: S. 108 makes a pretense of keeping assisted suicide safeguards and … [Read more...] about Lawmakers ignore abuse and lack of protections; S.108 signed into law May 20