DREDF Urges CA Governor to Veto Bill Eliminating Safeguards on Physician Assisted Suicide SB 380
September 22, 2021 Senate Bill 380, which would roll back important protections for individuals with disabilities who are considering using an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Assisted suicide is not about choice when people with disabilities lack access to appropriate medical care. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed long standing disparities in our health care delivery system as we witnessed disproportionate rates of infection and mortality among Black and Latine Californians, and throughout our senior and disability communities. DREDF supports making available to all Californians ready access to timely rehabilitative, therapeutic, urgent, palliative (pain management), hospice and related health care options other than physician-assisted suicide. [...]...