Readers React: Call it 'assisted suicide,' not 'death with dignity' or 'right to die'

To the editor: If there were a Pulitzer Prize for the most effective use of euphemisms, then this editorial on the “right to die” bill sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk would be a contender. (“How the ‘right to die’ bill made it to a vote was wrong, but Brown should sign it anyway,” editorial, Sept. 15) There is a very simple phrase to describe what this bill would legalize: assisted suicide. Yet