Ann, This law is also fraught with controversy. It's a tough question to answer. But I used to work with a lady in Seattle WA whose mother became suddenly sick. I naively recommended to her that the mother take up Maharishi's sound therapy. Later, I found out that the mother died after she decided NOT to eat. Can you imagine that?
---In [email protected], <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote : Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill today. He was once a seminarian for the Catholic Church. And, do you think this is good or bad for the collective consciousness of the state? I don't know about the "collective consciousness" but it is a pretty good deal for those who are nearing the end of a life that might be fraught with constant pain, fear and decrepitude while in the throes of a terminal disease. So many hospice patients are already euthanized, quietly and discreetly with ever-increasing amounts of IV narcotics, all this really does is take the onus off others who may not want to actually play an active role in assisting these people to die a few days or weeks earlier than they might if left to linger until the bitter (or sweet) end. California governor signs bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide http://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide-195845342.html http://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide-195845342.html California governor signs bill legalizing physician-assi... http://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide-195845342.html By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday ... View on news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-signs-bill-legalizing-physician-assisted-suicide-195845342.html Preview by Yahoo
