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June 5th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The California Senate approved a physician-assisted suicide bill that would allow some terminally ill patients to obtain medication to end their lives. Opponents of the bill say it is dangerous.
The bill was approved in a Senate vote of 23-13 and now moves to
the state Assembly for approval. If passed there, it will head to
Governor Jerry Brown for signature. There were two previous
assisted death bills in 2005 and 2007, but they both failed in
the legislature.
“Californians with terminal diseases should have the autonomy
to approach death on their own terms, and I look forward to
continuing this policy discussion in the Assembly,”
California Senator Bill Monning, (D-Carmel), one of the bill’s
sponsors, said in a statement.
The legislation, called the End of Life Option Act, would allow
adults suffering from incurable or irreversible illnesses, which
doctors claim will kill them within six months, to obtain
medication that they could self-administer to end their own
lives. The bill comes with safeguards against abuse, requiring
two physicians to confirm a patient’s prognosis of six months or
less to live. It also requires a patient’s mental capacity to be
sufficient for them to make their own healthcare decisions.
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MORE: Permission to die: California doctors no longer opposed
assisted suicide
The bill also makes it a felony to coerce a patient into making
an end-of-life request or to forge one.
Five other states have approved physician-assisted suicide –
Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington State – but
California’s act would make it legal in one of the most populous
states in the US. The bill gained momentum following the
much-publicized assisted death of Brittany Maynard, 29, who was
terminally ill with an aggressive form of brain cancer and moved
to Oregon last year to end her life.
Before her death, she videotaped an appeal to California
lawmakers to make assisted death an option. The Los Angeles Times
reported Governor Brown called Maynard in the weeks before her
death to discuss possible legislation, according to his office.
“They had a conversation prior to her passing,” Evan
Westrup, a spokesman for the governor
told the LA Times.
The bill also got a boost last month when the California Medical
Association abandoned its 30-year opposition to
physician-assisted suicide. It was the first state medical
association in America to do so.
CMA officials said they were motivated by the desire to preserve
the doctor-patient relationship and made the decision after
extensive consultations with lawmakers. The association’s
spokeswoman, Molly Weedn,
told Reuters the key concern was that doctors not be required
to participate in assisted suicide or refer patients to a
colleague who does.
“As physicians, we want to provide the best care possible for
our patients,” CMA President Luther Cobb said in a
statement. “However, despite the remarkable medical
breakthroughs we’ve made and the world-class hospice or
palliative care we can provide, it isn’t always enough.”
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MORE: Stephen Hawking: ‘I would consider assisted suicide’
Critics of the bill said they feared some patients would be
steered toward assisted suicide if insurers deny or delay
coverage for life-sustaining medical treatments.
“Unfortunately this vote sends a message to people like me
that suicide is a preferred option,” Stephanie Packer, 32,
who was diagnosed with a terminal illness, said in a statement
issued by Californians Against Assisted Suicide, according to
Reuters.
Just this week, the globally renowned physicist, Professor
Stephen Hawking, 73, admitted he would consider assisted suicide
if he felt he had nothing more to contribute to the world and was
a burden on his family.
“To keep someone alive against their wishes is the ultimate
indignity,” said Professor Hawking in a BBC interview.
Hawking was diagnosed with a rare terminal motor neuron illness
at the age of 21 and given two to three years to live.
“I would consider assisted suicide only if I were in great
pain or felt I had nothing more to contribute but was just a
burden to those around me,” he said. “But I’m damned if
I’m going to die before I have unraveled more of the
universe.”
Professor Hawking’s remarks came days after the Scottish
Parliament rejected a bill to legalize assisted suicide.
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