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LOS ANGELES — California's newly passed measure to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill “is no way for our government to make policy on a life and death issue that will affect millions of individuals and families,” said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
“I am deeply disturbed by the California Legislature's decision to allow doctors to help their patients kill themselves,” he said.
He made the remarks in a statement issued the night of Sept. 11, not long after the state Senate approved the bill with a 23-14 vote.