US EditionNew York Governor Says She Has Reached a Deal to Legalize Medically Assisted Suicide
The law will allow mentally competent, terminally ill New Yorkers to request life-ending medication with safeguards including physician and psychiatrist approvals and a five-day waiting period.
- On Wednesday, Dec. 17, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she reached a deal with New York State Legislature to approve the Medical Aid in Dying Act and will sign an amended bill after January.
- Hochul said her decision was shaped by personal stories and family experience, including watching her mother die of ALS, after the bill's more than 10-year legislative effort this year.
- Lawmakers agreed to add strict guardrails including a mandatory five-day waiting period, a recorded oral statement, medical confirmation of a prognosis under six months, mental-health and in-person physician evaluations, and limits to New York residents.
- Supporters hailed the deal, saying it will reduce suffering and grant autonomy, with State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal calling it "a monumental victory" Wednesday, while Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the New York bishops condemned it as abandoning vulnerable citizens.
- Implementation will be delayed six months so the New York State Department of Health can issue regulations and prepare providers, while the New York State Legislature returns in early January and advocates plan education and outreach in the coming months.
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Independent EspañolNew York Governor Kathy Hochul said she has reached an agreement with state legislative leaders to pass a law that gives people with terminal illness the legal ability to end their lives with prescription drugs.
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