Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
The California State Senate has passed a bill that will allow some elderly and disabled residents to seek assistance in killing themselves with an overdose of drugs.
The senate passed the bill 23-14 despite passionate opposition speaking out for the sanctity of life.
The bill was driven by legislators using the story of Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old California woman who moved to Oregon so she could establish residency and qualify to be given drugs to kill herself. Maynard promoted her death online for weeks before she ended her life.
Maynard’s family was in the Senate chamber and spoke to reporters on behalf of the legislators who supported the measure.
Critics were intense in their opposition. Leaders with the Catholic Church said that “assisted suicide is against the will of God.”
Senator Jeff Stone, who opposes the measure, said that the state could become a haven for “death tourism.”
“What’s going to be the new theme of the state of California?” Stone asked. “Come play, live and die in California?”
The bill is modeled on Oregon’s law.
