By Anne Ehart The State Assembly Committee on Health heard testimony from 48 people on Thursday regarding a bill allowing medical aid in dying, or physician-assisted suicide. The bill would allow for terminally ill patients with a prognosis of six […]
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By Dr. David Kim As a physician engaged in direct patient care, legislation (A.2383-A/S.3151-A.) that would legalize assisted suicide in New York is of grave concern to me, and I oppose it. So does the Medical Society of the State of […]
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Agudath Israel of America, in testimony before the New York State Assembly Health Committee today, expressed strong opposition to a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe medication for terminally ill patients that would kill them. The bill, Assembly Bill […]
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By David Tregaskis The Assembly Health Committee is holding two public hearings this session on a controversial bill that would allow terminally ill patients to voluntarily request medication to die. The first hearing was held in Albany on April 23 […]
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By Dr. Thomas J. Madejski Most physicians are deeply troubled by the potential abandonment of patients when they are in their greatest need of our skill and compassion. As president of the Medical Society of the State of New York […]
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Wife of the late activist J.J. Hanson joins doctors urging NY Assembly to kill “Medical Aid in Dying” bill By Bill McMorris The widow of Marine-turned-anti-euthanasia activist J.J. Hanson is asking lawmakers to vote down a bid to legalize assisted […]
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Albany, NY – Today, doctors, patients, caregivers and advocates for persons with disabilities will gather in the Legislative Office Building as a show of opposition to legislation (A.2383-A), a bill that would repeal New York’s constitutional and long-standing ban on physician-assisted […]
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Assisted suicide advocates often point to the State of Oregon—where physician-assisted suicide has been legal since 1997—as proof that physician-assisted suicide laws do not lead to unforeseen negative consequences and do not create a “slippery slope” toward further infringements upon […]
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By Clifford Michel STATEN ISLAND, NY – A group of state legislators and advocates renewed their push Tuesday for terminally ill patients to have access to life-ending drugs. Still, organizations ranging from the Archdiocese of New York to a slew […]
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