California Patients and Doctors Wrestle With Assisted Suicide. LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, California became the fourth state in the country to put in effect a law allowing assisted suicide for the terminally ill, what has come to be known as aid in dying. read more
Tim Rosales, a spokesman for Californians Against Assisted Suicide, which includes doctors, advocates for the disabled, the California Catholic Conference and other religious groups, criticized Brown's action. "This is a dark day for California and for the Brown legacy," Rosales said. read more
Physician-assisted suicide is about to become legal in the nation’s largest state. The California End of Life Option Act takes effect on Thursday. The law allows terminally ill adults in California with less than six months to live to get a doctor’s prescription for a lethal dose of “aid-in-dying” drugs. read more