Friday, June 27, 2008

Stealth assisted-suicide bill amended to death by committee

"An important win for us"

The sponsor of a stealth assisted-suicide bill pending in the state legislature has agreed to amendments that remove most objections raised by pro-lifers, including the California Catholic Conference.

"Late on Wednesday, June 25, Assemblywoman Patty Berg (D-Eureka), the author of AB 2747 – 'End of Life Care' -- was forced to take the amendments which removed the language creating a platform for the legalization of assisted suicide," the Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state's bishops, said in a statement posted on its web site. "She accepted the amendments -- which had been requested since the introduction of the bill in February -- in order to secure the votes needed for her bill to pass the Senate Health Committee."

Continue reading here: California Catholic Daily