CA Assisted Suicide Bill Moves Along
SACRAMENTO, CA, APRIL 13 2005-- A bill that would make California the second state in the nation (after Oregon) to permit physician-assisted suicide cleared cleared the California Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 5-3 vote yesterday, after more than a dozen hours of testimony. The bill, the Compassionate Choices Act, now moves to the Appropriations Committee, after which it will be voted on in the Caifornia Assembly, and then move to the California Senate for action.