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| California Inmates and Hospital Patients Will Soon Have Access to Vegan Meals |
| By cookinglight.com- Zee Krstic |
| Published: 09/06/2018 |
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A new bill has passed in California requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities, and state prisons to offer plant-based meals to those who wish to abide by vegan and vegetarian diets. Lawmakers, especially the bill's author, Senator Nancy Skinner, argued that even imprisoned individuals deserve to enjoy healthy and "ethical" meal choices, according to a Reuters report. The bill, officially known as SB 1138, passed overwhelmingly among California's State Assembly earlier this weekâit will appear before California's Governor Jerry Brown soon before he considers signing it into law. It allows patients and prisoners to eat a non-meat option at every meal, whether they're following a vegan diet or not. Read More. |
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