Donda West may never have gone under the knife at all if there had been more screening and higher standards for patients seeking cosmetic surgery.

Lawmakers in California are going after just that. West passed away in November due to complications following liposuction and breast augmentation surgery.

West’s death has prompted lawmakers to reevaluate the practicing standards.

According to The LA Times, a bill, AB 2968, by Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) calls for a patient to receive a physical examination before undergoing cosmetic surgery.

Yolanda Anderson, West’s niece, told The Times, “It’s not like she was 90 or terminally ill with cancer. It was something that did not have to happen.”

Here’s hoping the proposed regulations promote awareness of these increasingly common (but potentially dangerous!) surgeries.

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