Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
The law, based on a similar measure in Oregon, allows doctors to prescribe medication to end a patient's life if two doctors agree the person has only six months to live and is mentally competent.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Eric Beech)
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