{"id":7565,"date":"2018-10-23T16:09:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/?page_id=7565"},"modified":"2019-05-10T14:54:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T18:54:12","slug":"california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/news\/world\/california\/","title":{"rendered":"California"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7565\" class=\"elementor elementor-7565 elementor-6615 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a87d13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a87d13\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ddf1f2\" data-id=\"8ddf1f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea485fc elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ea485fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hollywood-sign-1598473_1920.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6684\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hollywood-sign-1598473_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hollywood-sign-1598473_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hollywood-sign-1598473_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/sites\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hollywood-sign-1598473_1920-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">You will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide in California, USA.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7beb233 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"7beb233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1291\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1291\" aria-expanded=\"false\">News<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1292\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1292\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Statistics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1293\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1293\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAQ<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1294\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1294\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Official Documents<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1291\" aria-expanded=\"false\">News<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1291\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1291\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><strong>April 8, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-assisted-death-california\/california-allows-aid-in-dying-drugs-for-terminally-ill-but-hospitals-set-barriers-idUSKCN1RK202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CALIFORNIA ALLOWS\u00a0ASSISTED SUICIDE\u00a0DRUGS FOR TERMINALLY ILL, BUT HOSPITALS SET BARRIERS<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2016, a California law has allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use aid-in-dying medications from their doctors. But nearly two-thirds of California hospitals have policies against prescribing the drugs and forbid affiliated doctors from helping patients get them, a survey shows.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>August 13, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/california-hospital-sued-refusing-assist-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL SUED FOR REFUSING TO ASSIST SUICIDE<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family of a Californian woman who died of cancer are suing a San Francisco hospital for refusing to assist in her suicide.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>August 1, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2017\/08\/dying-of-despair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DYING OF DESPAIR<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 4, 2014, \u00ad\u00adsixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, leapt in front of a commuter train. His death is one of many in a number of clusters that are becoming increasingly common.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>July3, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alexschadenberg.blogspot.com\/2017\/07\/111-reported-assisted-suicide-deaths-in.html?utm_source=EPC+Contacts&amp;utm_campaign=0cd8eee2e8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_07_03&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d113c154ac-0cd8eee2e8-157716053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">111 REPORTED ASSISTED DEATHS IN 2016<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recent assisted suicide report from the California Department of Public Health indicates that there were 111 reported assisted suicide deaths in 2016.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>June 14,\u00a0 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genethique.org\/fr\/californie-un-medecin-accuse-davoir-tue-un-enfant-pour-prelever-ses-organes-67747.html#.W-8uIjhKi71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHYSICIAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A CHILD FOR ORGANS<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In California, four years after the event, a physician is accused of killing a child for his organs. An investigation was opened last June 12.\u00a0<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>June 8, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alexschadenberg.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/one-year-of-legalized-suicide-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A YEAR OF LEGALIZED ASSISTED SUICIDE, COUNTLESS UNANSWER QUESTIONS<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">June 9 will mark one year of legal assisted suicide in California. Although premature and lacking in reliable data, Compassion &amp; Choices is already declaring the law is \u201cworking very well\u201d, the report leaves more questions than answers.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>October 21, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancebusinessmag.com\/us\/news\/breaking-news\/insurer-offers-to-pay-for-assisted-suicide-but-not-chemotherapy-39441.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INSURER OFFERS TO PAY FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE BUT NOT FOR CHEMOTHERAPY<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A California woman recently put her insurance provider under the spotlight, alleging that the company offered to pay for assisted suicide, but not chemotherapy.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>October 18, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/hospitalized-mentally-ill-ok-assisted-suicide-ca-if-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CA HOSPITALIZED MENTALLY ILL OK FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">California has promulgated a regulation to assure that the mentally ill who have been ordered hospitalized in California have access to assisted suicide if they are dying and deemed able to make medical decisions<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>August 12, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/terminally-ill-california-woman-holds-farewell-party-before-doctor-assisted-suicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TERMINALLY ILL CALIFORNIA WOMAN HOLDS FAREWELL PARTY BEFORE DOCTOR-ASSISTED SUICIDE<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state\u2019s new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>August 11, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/08\/11\/terminally-ill-are-saying-goodbye-with-assisted-suicide-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TERMINALLY ILL ARE SAYING GOODBYE WITH ASSISTED SUICIDE PARTIES<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state\u2019s new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>July 24, 2016\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-are-they-trying-to-make-us-kill-our-patients-1469395442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO MAKE US KILL OUR PATIENTS<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">California\u2019s new assisted-suicide law violates the U.S. Constitution\u2019s equal protection clause.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1292\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Statistics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1292\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1292\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Progress<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1293\" aria-expanded=\"false\">FAQ<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1293\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1293\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>In Progress<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1294\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Official Documents<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1294\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1294\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nYou will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide in California, USA.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStatistics<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQ<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficial Documents<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews<br \/>\nApril 8, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0CALIFORNIA ALLOWS\u00a0ASSISTED SUICIDE\u00a0DRUGS FOR TERMINALLY ILL, BUT HOSPITALS SET BARRIERS<br \/>\nSince 2016, a California law has allowed terminally ill patients to obtain and use aid-in-dying medications from their doctors. But nearly two-thirds of California hospitals have policies against prescribing the drugs and forbid affiliated doctors from helping patients get them, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6525,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template_leftsidebar_horizontalnav.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7565","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10425,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7565\/revisions\/10425"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}