California lawmakers vote to speed up state process for terminally ill to end their lives

Sep 11, 2021 View Original Article
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    -10% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    16% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Many people requesting assisted suicide have changed their minds, some living decades beyond their prognosis, Seyoum testified during the legislative hearing."
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-8% Liberal
"Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) told his colleagues during a floor discussion of SB 380 on Friday that he knows people who have suffered difficult and painful deaths without utilizing the end-of-life law."
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-4% Liberal
"The measure next goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom for a decision on whether to sign it into law."
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-4% Liberal
"However, state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) said the process in her 2016 bill takes too long so some patients are dying in pain before they can get a prescription."
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-8% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Many people requesting assisted suicide have changed their minds, some living decades beyond their prognosis," Seyoum testified during the legislative hearing.

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