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Criminal

Oct. 8, 2015

Enactment of California end-of-life law took courage

Brittany Maynard would have smiled on Monday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act. By Kathy L. Cerminara


By Kathy L. Cerminara


Brittany Maynard would have smiled on Monday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End
of Life Option Act. This law assures mentally competent, terminally ill, adult Californians
that they may legally request and receive prescriptions to end their lives should
they want to do so. The law also assures physicians who choose to write such prescriptions
that they will not be subject to civi...

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