"The Valley's Voice for Choice"
National Organization for Women
San Fernando Valley - Northeast Los Angeles Chapter
P.O. Box 7141 Van Nuys CA 91409-7141 (818) 769-2035
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
For Immediate Release: 5/18/05
For Information: Linda Pruett (818) 345-9809
COUNTER - DEMO CALLED IN SUPPORT
OF AB 654
The San Fernando Valley/Northeast Los Angeles Chapter of the
National Organization for Women (SFV/NELA NOW) has called a counter -
demonstration in support of AB 654, the California Compassionate Choices
Act (Levine-D, 40th AD) for 9:00 a.m. May 18, 2005 in front of 320 W 4th
Street, Los Angeles, the office of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
According to Linda Pruett, Co-President of SFV/NELA NOW, "the
California Catholic Conference is organizing a protest there in an attempt
to force Nunez to oppose the legislation, which is designed to allow
terminally ill people to end their suffering. Many of the people on the
other side of this issue are our friends and allies on many other issues,
but we respectfully disagree with them on this one."
Pruett said that the opponents argument that the lack of universal
health care for Californians will force inappropriate decisions to end the
lives of the terminally ill is misplaced: "the lack of universal health
care is an argument for us to continue the battle to obtain health care as
a right for all people; it is not an argument for continuing the suffering
of people in pain who have no hope of recovery."
SFV/NELA NOW voted unanimously to endorse AB 654 at its annual
business meeting in December 2004.
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Jan B. Tucker-PI 10143
P.O. Box 433
Torrance CA 90508-0433
Tel: 310.618.9596 Fax: 1950
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ca Assoc of Licensed Investigators
Co-President, SFV/NELA Chapter, Natl Org. For Women
Member of the Board of Directors,
Alameda Corridor Jobs Coalition
....etc., etc., etc.....
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/janbtucker
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