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Assembly shelves assisted suicide legislation
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Early reports indicate that AB374 has been shelved:
Assembly shelves assisted suicide legislation
By Jim Sanders - Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 10:56 am PDT Thursday, June 7, 2007
Hotly contested legislation to allow doctors to prescribe fatal medication to terminally ill patients was shelved Thursday in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 374 lacked enough votes for passage and time was [...]
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