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Big Name Latinos Enlisted Over Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill

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Proponents of a bill to legalize physician assisted suicide in California have been enlisting some big names to their cause.
Among them the union organizer Dolores Huerta and the actor Edward James Olmos. They're both Latino, which is no coincidence, because supporters of the bill hope they will help win the votes of a small band of Latino lawmakers.

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