CDCAN
CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
DISABILITY RIGHTS NEWS REPORT
#009-2006  January 17, 2006  Tuesday mourning
Connecting people with disabilities & seniors to rights and unified action
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Marty Omoto - director  email: martyomoto@rcip.com    website: www.cdcan.us
 
BREAKING NEWS:
US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS OREGON ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW

WASHINGTON DC -  The US Supreme Court  in a 6-3 vote, upheld the Oregon assisted suicide state law.  The Oregon state law has been used to end the lives of more than 200 seriously ill people that the US Department of Justice said was in violation of federal authority to regulate doctors.  The high court's decision has major impact on legislation pending (AB 651 by Assemblymember Patty Berg) that calls for implementing a similar law in California.  That bill is in the Senate Judiciary Committee, though no hearing date has been set yet. 

More details on this ruling in a later CDCAN report today. 

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