Hochul Signs NY Medical Aid in Dying Act Legalizing Assisted Suicide

Hochul signs Medical Aid in Dying Act into law

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law Friday, Feb. 6, making New York the 13th state to authorize it.

Hochul signs NY Medical Aid in Dying Act legalizing assisted suicide

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an amended version of bill making NY the 13th state to legalize lethal pills for terminally ill patients who request them.

NY signs Medical Aid in Dying Act into law

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law Friday, making New York the 13th state to authorize it.

Gov. Hochul Signs Medical Aid In Dying Act

Kathy Hochul Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Medical Aid In Dying Act. The bill allows medical aid in dying to be available to terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live. Hochul said, “Our state will always stand firm in safeguarding New Yorkers’ freedoms and right to bodily autonomy, which includes the right for the terminally ill to peacefully and comfortably end their lives with dignity and compassion.” The bill, as pas…

Medical Aid in Dying legalized in New York

How Assisted Suicide Turns Healthcare Professionals into Killers – Family Council

Late last year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a deal to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The so-called “Medical Aid in Dying Act” is supposed to make it possible for patients expected to die within six months to request a prescription for lethal drugs. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a similar assisted suicide law in December as well. Assisted suicide fundamentally changes the doctor-patient relationship f…