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 10-2, 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 a part of a special session on healthcare called by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.

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