packer is alarmed by the case of barbara wagner in 2008. the lung patient was denied a $4,000 a month cancer drug, and, instead, the state health plan offered an inexpensive prescription to end her life >>> in oregon this law has been in effect for two decades. we have a lot of data and a lot of experience about how it worked in oregon. >> reporter: tony is the director of compassion and choices california. the main group lobbying in favour of sb 128. >> there has not been significant problems in oregon. propon events talk about 6 or 7 cases over and over. a lot of them look more closely. intended. >> reporter: how does religion play into the debate. >> if your religion tells you you shouldn't do in and it's wrong, i would not want you to choose the option. that would go against your deeply held personal values. i think that works both ways. >> the issue here is that the government should not be in the business of chooses another. choice. >> part of it is i heard it over and over is not whether you taking or not, knowing that the option is