Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 2, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Pro-life groups are hopeful that California’s physician-assisted suicide bill, AB 654, will not pass as it faces mounting opposition among Democratic Assemblymembers.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed the California Compassionate Choice Act May 25 by an 11-5 vote, clearing the way for a possible full floor vote before the week’s end.
Ned Dolejsi of the bishops' California Catholic Conference told The Tidings that he does not believe the bill will pass.
He told the diocesan newspaper that lobbying efforts against the bill by a coalition of religious, health care, disability rights and grassroots advocacy organizations were making headway among legislators.