California becomes 5th state to legalize assisted suicide
+Los Angeles Times: California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the controversial "right-to-die" bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. California is the fifth state to legalize assisted suicide.
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Gov. Brown signs controversial assisted-suicide bill
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Caught between conflicting moral arguments, Gov. Jerry Brown , a former Jesuit seminary student, on Monday signed a measure allowing physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who want to hasten their deaths.
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