By Claire Hughes J.J. Hanson, who worked in Albany and other state capitals to prevent passage of legislation permitting physician assisted suicide, died Saturday, according to press releases from advocacy groups. Hanson, who was 36, is survived by his wife […]
READ MOREBy Kenneth Lovett ALBANY – A former Marine who suffered from brain cancer and became a vocal opponent of physician-assisted suicide died Saturday. J.J. Hanson, who also once a former aide to Govs. Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, was 36. […]
READ MOREby JAMES GORMLEY, The Legislative Gazette, September 7, 2017 New Yorkers do not have a constitutional right to “aid-in-dying” drugs and procedures, according to a decision by the state’s highest court released Thursday. The New York State Court of Appeals […]
READ MOREBy Anthony Pivarunas, MD Traditional medical ethics, as stated in the Hippocratic Oath, as well as in most state laws, prohibit a physician’s involvement in assisted suicide. Public opinion in the U.S. is divided on this issue, even with the […]
READ MOREBy J.J. Hanson Aggressive brain cancer is trying to end my life. The best doctors in the world are racing to find a cure. Meanwhile, legislation promoting assisted suicide all over the nation would dismantle essential protections and care on […]
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