Governor Jerry Brown
California on Monday became the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives using doctor-prescribed drugs, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a controversial bill that was pushed through the state legislature during a special session.
Gov. Jerry Brown, a lifelong Catholic, had not given any indication how he'd side on this issue until his final decision was announced.
In a letter to lawmakers, Brown said he considered arguments from both sides, and consulted a Catholic bishop, two of his doctors, friends and former classmates. And he tried to put himself in terminal patients' place.
"I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged and excruciating pain," Brown wrote. "I am certain, however, that it would be a comfort to be able to consider the options afforded by this bill. And I wouldn't deny that right to others."
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