US EditionGovernor Hochul faces deadline on Friday at midnight to sign state Medical Aid in Dying Act
The law includes a five-day waiting period, mandatory mental health evaluations, and opt-out provisions for providers, making New York the 13th state to legalize medical aid in dying.
- On Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, legalizing medically assisted suicide for terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live.
- The act requires a terminally ill person expected to die within six months to make multiple requests, have witnesses, and receive approval from physicians and mental health professionals.
- Hochul said the decision was deeply personal, having witnessed her mother's suffering from ALS, and that over 70% of New Yorkers support legalizing medically assisted suicide, according to a YouGov poll.
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Hochul signs law legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law on Friday, legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live, her office said. New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act requires that a terminally ill person who is expected to die within six months make a written request for life-ending drugs. Two witnesses would have to sign the request to ensure that the patient is n…
New York adopts medical aid in dying with new safeguards
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “Medical Aid in Dying Act” on Friday, making New York the latest state to authorize physician-assisted dying for certain terminally ill patients. The law represents a major policy reversal in a state where the highest court had previously emphasized that assisted suicide remained unlawful absent legislative change. The new statute, S.138/A.136, permits an “aid-in-dying” prescription for eligible adult re…
New York governor signs law allowing medical aid in dying for terminally ill residents
NEW YORK, Feb 7 — New York Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday signed a bill into law allowing medical aid in dying to be available for terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live.The law has parameters to ensure that patients are not coerced into choosing medical aid in dying and that no healthcare professional or religiously affiliated health facility would be forced to offer the aid, the governor said.Under the law, there will be…
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