{"article":{"id":9209,"heading":"Domestic Partner's Rights Bill \rDomestic Partners' Rights Bill in State Senate","author":"Michael Wilson","created":"2001-08-09 05:06:24","modified":"2001-08-09 06:00:01","last_modified":"Thu, 09 Aug 2001 13:00:01","article":"<br>  <br> <b>Domestic Partners' Rights Bill in State Senate<b> <br><br> A new bill, AB 25 (Migden), proposes to make numerous real changes in state law: from  <br>  <br> providing domestic partners the ability to sue for wrongful death, to allowing partners to make  <br>  <br> medical decisions on one another's behalf in times of medical crisis. These changes, while far  <br>  <br> short of complete equality, provide immediate and real rights. The ACLU of Southern California  <br>  <br> is attempting to build support for AB25 through its Domestic Partners' Rights Campaign  and  <br>  <br> online petition.<\/b><\/b>\n","contact":"mwilson@aclu-sc.org","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The California Senate is considering a bill that would recognize sex marraiges and allow for some but not all equal rights as granted to straight couples.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2001\/08\/9209.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}