Kanye West (left) pictured with his mother Dr. Donda West (right)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed the "Donda West bill," which was aimed at helping to prevent plastic-surgery-related deaths, after a three-month delay due to budget contstraints on Sunday.
The bill, prompted by the November death of Kanye West's mother, Dr. Donda West, failed to make it past the governor because of the backlog in California. Donda, 58, died a day after undergoing a breast reduction and liposuction surgery.
With this summer's historic 80-day delay in passing the state budget, Schwarzenegger said he had time to enact only the top-priority legislation. "This bill does not meet that standard, and I cannot sign it at this time," read the veto message, one of dozens Schwarzenegger issued Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times.
An autopsy found that Dr. West had previous health problems, including high blood pressure and cardiac artery blockage. The cosmetic-surgery bill, AB 2968, received almost unanimous support in the legislature, and would have required people to undergo a physical examination, give a complete medical history and get a doctor's clearance before undergoing plastic surgery, reports LA Times.
Democratic California Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter proposed the bill, along with Kanye's cousin Yolanda Anderson, following Donda's death.
The surgeon who performed her surgeries, Dr. Jan Adams said at the time that nothing had gone wrong during the procedures. Earlier this year, the California state medical board reportedly revoked Adams' medical license due to his two alcohol-related arrests in recent years and his failure to pay child support.
