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

Hochul signs law legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill

KINGSTON — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law on Feb. 6, legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live, her office said.