... though Democrats are expected to file the legislation again next year — prompting yet another battle to protect seniors, the terminally ill and disabled. ...
“Senator Wolk’s office confirms they have pulled the bill from Assembly Health. Will it be a 2-year bill.. will they put their chips on court action? On an initiative?” Johnston asked.
The pro-life advocate credited looming questions surrounding the assisted suicide death of Brittany Maynard as one of the reasons the bill stalled.
“If the Death with Dignity bill, SB128, requires a consistent request, 15 days apart, then why was Brittany Maynard killed the day after she told the world she had changed her mind and wanted to live?” Johnston asked. “We never found out why, just hours later, she was killed anyways, and we must presume, it was at her own hand. Who ‘counseled her? What was the nature of the counseling? Did she feel media pressure to be ‘back on schedule’? Did she feel even subtle pressure from those around her to, ‘just get it over with’?”
But they always have the Supreme Court to suddenly discover that under the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause assisted suicide/euthanasia is a "right".
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