I'm 80, so of course many of the people I love have died after long, painful, useless struggles that served only to torture them. In my father's last hours, he was in such discomfort that he signaled to his children to kill him. It was too late--we were taken by surprise--and we couldn't help.
Today Gov. Brown signed a right-to-die bill, making physician-assisted death legal in California, and I take back every negative remark I ever made about the man, a devout Catholic. Now, when the time comes, each of us can choose, if we wish, to die with dignity. That's an enormous gift.
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