Victory Girls
Darlene Click
Sept. 22, 2018
In 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the End of Life Option Act, authorizing physician-assisted suicide. Supporters dismissed concerns about people pressuring the ill person into suicide. That was a felony, they assured us. Fast forward to September 2018 and now pushing Mom to kill herself because her medical bills are wiping out your inheritance is perfectly legal.
Yes, really.
Existing law makes a person who deliberately aids, advises, or encourages another to commit suicide guilty of a felony.
This bill would prohibit a person whose actions are compliant with the End of Life Option Act from being prosecuted for deliberately aiding, advising, or encouraging suicide.Everyone has only the purest motives when encouraging suicide
But but but … some may object, this is only for terminally ill people! People who will die in six months!
Ah, but the devil is in the details right? The End of Life Option Act defines “terminally ill†thusly:
q) “Terminal disease†means an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, result in death within six months.More...
http://victorygirlsblog.com/suicide-california-encouragement-legal/