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May 21st, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The California Medical Association abandoned its 30-year opposition to physician-assisted suicide, removing a major obstacle to a bill currently being debated in the state legislature. It is the first state medical association in America to do so.
The CMA’s decision comes as the Monning-Wolk Senate Bill 128,
also known as the End of Life Option Act, is coming up for a
vote. If the bill is adopted, California would join Oregon,
Montana, Washington and Vermont in legalizing assisted suicide.
CMA officials said they were motivated by the desire to preserve
the doctor-patient relationship and made the decision after
extensive consultations with lawmakers. The association’s
spokeswoman, Molly Weedn, told Reuters the key concern was that
doctors not be required to participate in assisted suicide or
refer patients to a colleague who does.
“As physicians, we want to provide the best care possible for
our patients,” CMA president Luther Cobb said in a statement. “However, despite the
remarkable medical breakthroughs we’ve made and the world-class
hospice or palliative care we can provide, it isn’t always
enough.”
The Calif Medical Assoc is the first state med assoc to change
position on physician assisted suicide: http://t.co/eqnGiPJMk9 #bioethics
— Heather Zeiger (@hzeiger) May 20,
2015
Sponsors of the bill praised the association’s decision. “As
the authors of SB 128, we are pleased to learn that the medical
community is making a historic shift from a previous position on
this issue,” said Senator Lois Wolk.
“We all agreed that the greatest importance must be on the
primacy of the doctor-patient relationship, consistent with the
principle of patient centered health care,” added Senator
Bill Monning.
READ MORE: Vermont legalizes assisted suicide
Monning and Wolk submitted the bill in January, after the case of
California resident Brittany Maynard drew national attention.
Diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, Maynard, 29, moved to
Oregon where assisted suicide has been legal since 1994.
“With deep appreciation, I thank the California Medical
Association for showing its leadership and wisdom in adopting its
neutral policy stance,” Maynard’s widower, Dan Diaz, told
ABC News.
The American Medical Association (AMA) remains opposed to doctors
participating in assisted suicide. A policy statement on the
AMA website says that “Physician-assisted
suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role
as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would
pose serious societal risks.”
Terminally Ill California Mom Speaks Out Against Assisted
Suicide http://t.co/sW03pfBkji
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May
20, 2015
Stephanie Packer, 32, is opposed to the measure. A devout
Catholic, Packer suffers from a terminal lung disease and has
already lived longer than her doctor expected. She and her
husband told National Public Radio that legalizing assisted
suicide could lead to it becoming a norm, especially with the
rising cost of medical care.
“Death can be beautiful and peaceful,” Packer told
NPR. “It’s a natural process that should
be allowed to happen on its own.”
Catherine Campisi, a supporter of Californians Against Assisted
Suicide, told Reuters that a coalition of citizen groups
continues to oppose the “deeply flawed legislation”
because it poses dangers to the vulnerable and people with
disabilities.
“Assisted suicide is inherently dangerous to those who are
expensive to care for or who lack access to proper medical care,
and rather than open up that Pandora’s box, we ought to be
exploring how to expand hospice and palliative care to address
the needs of those terminally ill,” she said.
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