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Gov. Hochul Signs Assisted Suicide Measure Into New York State Law
The law includes a five-day waiting period, mental health evaluations, and limits on witnesses to protect vulnerable patients, Gov. Hochul said.
- On Feb. 6, 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide in New York state.
- Hochul had pledged to sign once lawmakers added guardrails to ensure integrity of patient decisions and readiness of medical institutions.
- The law specifically includes safeguards such as allowing religiously oriented home hospice providers to opt out, imposing a five-day waiting period, requiring in-person physician evaluations, recording verbal requests, and mandating mental-health evaluations by psychologists or psychiatrists.
- The law goes into effect in six months, giving the Department of Health time to adopt regulations and let facilities prepare and train staff, while Catholic bishops and pro‑life advocates held four candlelight vigils attended by more than 350.
- In the broader context, religious leaders have reiterated opposition while Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized assisted suicide, and Catholic bishops oppose it in line with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Gov. Hochul Signs Assisted Suicide Measure Into New York State Law
The New York state Capitol in Albany. (Photo: Pixabay) by OSV News ALBANY, N.Y. (OSV News) – New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul Feb. 6 made good on her promise that early this year she would sign a bill into law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have now legalized assisted suicide. Illinois became the 12th state to legalize it Dec. 12 when Gov. JB Pritzker signed…
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…
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