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Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill One Step From Governor's Desk

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A controversial bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in California faces one of its final tests when the state Senate votes on it on Friday. The bill cleared a major hurdle Wednesday when the full Assembly voted to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.

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