The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 14, 2015 California: Lawmakers Approve Assisted Suicide Bill ---------------------------------------------------- California lawmakers also approved a bill Friday to allow doctors to prescribe drugs to help terminally ill patients die. It's unclear whether Governor Brown will sign the assisted suicide bill, which is modeled on a similar law in Oregon. .