Jerry Brown has signed assisted suicide into law. In his short letter, he explained why he signed this radical shift in the ethics of medicine and healthcare policy into law–because in the end, it was all about him. Brown worries about what he would do “if dying in prolonged and excruciating pain,” and would find “comfort” in knowing the option of assisted suicide was available. That others will be hurt by this doesn’t matter a whit.

Read the article “Catastrophe: Jerry Brown Signs Assisted Suicide into Law” on nationalreview.com.