California Passes Right-to-Die Bill But Awaits Final Approval from Gov. Jerry Brown

Even as the Right-to-Die Bill is passed by the state of California, the final approving is being awaited from Governor Jerry Brown, according to the Inquisitr.

Also called the End of Life Operations Act, the Bill was passed in the California senate with a vote of 23 to 14 in favor of the new law.

The bill permits the terminally ill patients in sound mind and judgement to search for legal medical assistance to put an end to their own lives, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The bill is being opposed by the Catholic Church. Archbishop José Gomez has written to the Assembly Committee on Health, saying: "We cannot allow California to become a place where we respond to human suffering by simply making it easier for people to kill themselves," said Gomez.

Governor Jerry Brown too is a former Jesuit seminary student, so his silence is probably due to his religious beliefs, according to hngn.

However, the bill is not to support those who just want to die out of depression, but to help terminally ill patients. Senator Lois Wolk, a co-author of the bill, claims "Californians want us to act to eliminate the needless pain and prolonged suffering of those who are dying."

Earlier, Californians have fought the state for the right to end their own lives, such as Christy O'Donnell, a mother who was dying of lung and brain cancer. She sued the state of California for her right to die on her own terms.

Read more of the bill on the California legislative webpage.