{"id":3938,"date":"2015-10-05T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/on-5-october-2015-governor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:44:00","slug":"california-governor-signs-end-of-life-option-act","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/california-governor-signs-end-of-life-option-act\/","title":{"rendered":"California (USA): Governor signs End of Life Option Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

21 January 2015 \/ 4 June 2015 \/ 4 + 11 September 2015 \/ 5 October 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Californian State Senators Lois Wolk, Bill Monning and others, backed by Brittany Maynard\u2019 family, introduced the \u2018End of Life Option Act: modelled after the 1997 Oregon Dying with Dignity Act, the Bill would give a terminally ill, mentally competent adult resident in California, the right to ask and receive from his or her physician a prescription for a lethal drug to end his or her suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Bill SB-128 End of Life<\/strong> (Link to California Legislative Information) <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 4 June 2015, the<\/span> Californian Senate passed the End of Life Option Act<\/strong> (SB 128) by 23 to 14 votes. The Bill thus moves on to a Commitee of the Californian House of Representatives (Link)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 2 September 2015, the Public Health and Developmental Services Committee of the California Assembly approved of the California End of Life Option Act by 10 : 3 votes, and two days later the Assembly Finance Commitee by 5 : 3 votes. In a next step, the bill will be voted on by both houses of the California Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 11 September, the End of Life Option Act (SB 128) was approved by 23 : 14 votes of the Senators after it was approved by 43 : 34 votes in the Assembly. The Bill only needs one more step which is the signature of Governor Jerry Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech by Debby Ziegler, mother of Brittany Maynard who had to move from California to Oregon in order to make use of her right to end her suffering self-determinedly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 5 October 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., a Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, signed the End of Life Option Act. “I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged and excruciating pain. I am certain, however, that it would be a comfort to be able to consider the options afforded by this bill. And I wouldn’t deny that right to others.” he wrote in his signing message<\/a>. Thus, California becomes a further US-State in which terminally ill have freedom of choice to self-determinedly end their suffering with physician\u2019s assessment and prescription of medication. The End of Life Option Act definetely took effect on 9 June 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21 January 2015 \/ 4 June 2015 \/ 4 + 11 September 2015 \/ 5 October 2015 Californian State Senators Lois Wolk, Bill Monning and others, backed by Brittany Maynard\u2019 family, introduced the \u2018End of Life Option Act: modelled after the 1997 Oregon Dying with Dignity Act, the Bill would give a terminally ill, mentally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[539],"class_list":["post-3938","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-usa-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}