Riverside, California
Judge overturns law allowing assisted suicide
American bishops have welcomed a ruling by a California judge overturning the state’s 2015 law allowing assisted suicide. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops said: “Assisted suicide is not health care. We pray that this ruling will stand and that law-makers will rethink this tragic mistake, reject assisted suicide and protect all patients.” Ned Dolejsi, executive director of the California Catholic Conference, said: “Healthcare professionals were shocked at the cynicism and questioned why the state was embracing doctor-assisted suicide as the standard of care for people who needed respect and support.” The law was signed by Governor Jerry Brown (pictured), an ex-seminarian.
