A controversial bill to allow physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in California passed a key legislative committee on Tuesday, after failing in the legislature earlier this summer amid opposition from the Catholic Church. The measure, which passed 10-3, next goes to the assembly finance committee. The bill was pulled from consideration in the legislature's regular session in July but was reintroduced last month as part of a special session on healthcare called by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. 'The more time we've had to work on it, the more support we have,' said Senator Bill Monning, a Democrat from Carmel who is a co-author of the bill. 'Every major newspaper in the state has editorialized in support.'
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