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This law allows a terminally-ill adult, California resident to request a drug from his or her physician that will end his or her life. People who choose to end their lives this way, and who carefully follow the steps in the law, will not be considered to have committed suicide.
In Texas, hospitals can withdraw life support from their patients 10 days after they notify the patient's family. Under the contentious Texas Advance Directives Act, life support can be removed when the hospital determines current care as ?futile.?
This law allows a terminally ill adults who are California residents to request a medication from his or her physician that will end his or her life.
Included in this list are the Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) and palliative sedation. All are legal in Texas. Click Here for the Death With Dignity National Center for more infomration.
The End of Life Option Act allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease, who meets certain qualifications, to request the aid-in-dying drugs from their attending physician. The Act requires physicians to submit specified forms and information to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).