California Residents Can Now Legally Take Medicine To End Their Lives

By Rickey ·

California's "End of Life Option Act" goes into effect on Thursday, becoming the fifth state to have a legal process for terminally ill patients to get aid in dying.

Advocates of the law say that people should have the "right to die."

Source: CNN / Late Brittany Maynard with her dog Charley in San Francisco. Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal brain cancer
Source: CNN / Late Brittany Maynard with her dog Charley in San Francisco. Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal brain cancer

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