Nervous Democrats May Hand Victory to Religious Right in Sacramento on AB 374, "The California Compassionate Choices Act"

California is way out of control with their culture of death. This is a bad bill that should be stopped. Why is the left so bent on the death of the most helpless in our society. Those of age and those not yet born?

Asm. Berg & Readers,

You can easily send a letter to your Assemblymember through Speak Out California's feedback system. Go to SpeakoutCA.org or use this link...

http://ga4.org/campaign/TheCaliforniaCompassionateChoicesAct

Re: the inevitable "culture of death" comment: stop and think about that talking point for a second. You're talking about inserting the federal and state government into an intensely personal decision, one that should be made between a patient and their family, and at most maybe a doctor. What you're really talking about is a culture of forced moral orders - THAT is what 70% of Californians are opposed to.

Anyone opposed to this bill must enjoy watching their loved ones wither away, writhing in pain, gasping for breath, begging their loved ones to just kill them please! But not before losing every bit of dignity they ever possessed in their lives. That is the only explanation for anyone to oppose this bill. Democrats need to grow a backbone and stand up to Republican extreme right wingers. I am a Republican and I support this bill whole heartedly.

Remember. It's the will of the people, Legislators cannot be afraid to vote what the people want. If they are they need to be re-called from service, for the people by the people. You can't ignore 70% of the population.

While I respect Assemblymember Berg's view on so many issues, on this key issue I must strongly disagree.

As a progressive, I contend that assisted suicide/death with dignity/right to die is not about choice at all. In fact, it is about lack of choice and respect for those that are afflicted with terrible disease and disability.

Further, if this is a "choice" as Ms. Berg indicates, why should we as a society discriminate and only allow this option for those that are terminally ill and can swallow a pill? Why not offer this choice to all regardless of status?

The truth is, many progressives understand that legalization of assisted suicide for one group, will inevitably be used by corporate interests to weed out "undesirables" regardless any good intentions of the bill's authors.

nwkerr2005, you're insane. Restricting choice in dying only leads to premature suicide. And it's only a matter of time before one terminally ill patient decides to become a suicide bomber to get revenge on anti-choicers, and I don't think anyone wants to see that.

Suicide bomber for "compassionate choice". Watch out for that wheelchair, it could be loaded!! Ridiculous though I have heard people threaten to blow their brains out at a McDonalds to show their frustration and expired greymatter to a group of kids in Ronald's. But wait a second, if they're able to get around and get a gun and mobile enough to do this, then even if terminal, what we are talking about is real suicide not mercy, since palliative care and pain meds are available to the dying. We need Hospice for all and guidelines on end of life care, but not a little pill to end it all.

Robert, you're one of the most callous people I've ever had the displeasure of reading.

Anyone who says 'You don't need a doctor to commit suicide. Just do it yourself' is essentially saying 'You don't need a doctor to perform an abortion. Just do it yourself.'

Such an attitude is callous and inhumane. Why should people be limited to jumping in front of a train, off a building, shooting themselves, cutting their wrists, bringing a toaster into the bath, or a combination of these methods, among many others, to kill themselves?.

Now, they certainly can't tell their family or friends about their plans, because that could leave them open to charges: 'Why didn't you stop them?' And when they come back and see their loved one with a plastic bag over their head, or blood all over the room, they are shocked and scarred, possibly for life. And on top of this, they can't even *be* with their loved one during their final moments.

I'm not the only one who has nicknamed palliative care 'pathetic care.' It's not for everyone. If you outlaw assisted suicide, you are forcing people to kill themselves prematurely. That's what it comes down to.

I'll tell you why this Bill must be stopped: Because nobody trusts you people anymore with fragile lives that are at your mercy. This Bill will open up a pandoras box of abuses of authority, just as the Child "Protective" Services does NOT protect abused children but rather exploits children kidnapped illegally from innocent parents. The evildoers take state and federal funding and pimp out children, drug them with deadly pharmaceuticals, sexually indoctrinate and assault them - all so that they can pump up their careers.

So this Bill will also have loopholes that the criminal authorities will use to terminate lives they feel are "useless" to them, i.e.,are spending too many dollars on Medicare or other health insurance. They may, ooops, accidentally overdose the poor patients against their will like Terry Schiavo.

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I just wonder - are you liberals out there in Californication really that clueless? Or is it worse and you know exactly what you are doing?

SANTA CLARA COUNTY CAUGHT ON TAPE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZY-knVFwUo&mode=related&search =

tony, you are a wretched bully who relies on belittling and intimidation tactics. how does it feel to be the recipient of gratuitous name-calling. instead, why not present your views with respect, so that i may respectfully read them?

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