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Now that its sunset clause was removed, California’s End of Life Option Act is here to stay.
Forum | Opinion

Now that its sunset clause was removed, California’s End of Life Option Act is here to stay.

  • Bill Monning and Susan Meister
  • Nov 20, 2025

In 2015, California became the fifth state to legalize medical aid-in-dying. It provides that a patient whose physician determines they have l…

Local Spin | Opinion

Bill Monning finesses the system to keep End-of-Life act moving.

  • Mary Duan
  • Aug 20, 2015

There came a moment in the days leading up to Jennifer Glass’ slow and awful death Aug. 11 that she awoke from what’s called palliative sedation, feeling like she was drowning…

Bill Monning's End-of-Life Option Act passes out of committee.
News

Bill Monning's End-of-Life Option Act passes out of committee.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 7, 2015

It's just step one of a lengthy process, but state senators Bill Monning, D-Carmel, and Lois Wolk, D-Davis, got good news today on their End-o…

Brittany Maynard’s death may help usher in a right-to-die option for terminally ill patients in the Golden State
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Brittany Maynard’s death may help usher in a right-to-die option for terminally ill patients in the Golden State

  • Melinda Walsh
  • Jan 29, 2015

The call comes on your cell when you least expect it, while in line at Peet’s Coffee. The doctor, a specialist from out of town, says “The tel…

After Sen. Bill Monning introduces End of Life Option Act, local docs and faith leaders line up on both sides.
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After Sen. Bill Monning introduces End of Life Option Act, local docs and faith leaders line up on both sides.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 29, 2015

The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas famously beseeched his father in his 1951 poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night./ Rage, rage against the dy…

Monning introduces End of Life Option Act eight years after a similar bill failed.
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Monning introduces End of Life Option Act eight years after a similar bill failed.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 22, 2015

Dan Diaz probably never have expected his face would appear on the cover of People magazine, or that his wedding photos would circulate all ov…

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