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“No governor or lawmaker has ever lost at the polls following their action,” Carey said in a statement to POLITICO. “Governor Hochul has nothing to fear politically and everything to gain by signing ...

A bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts made it passed the first step in the legislative process this week–faster than it did last session.

If N.Y. Gov. Hochul signs a Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, it will be seen not as a triumph of compassion, but as a failure of courage.

The New York State Senate passed a bill that would approve medical aid in dying, which opponents call physician-assisted suicide. Newsday Albany Bureau Chief Yancey Roy reports. Credit: Newsday ...

Each was an advocate for the Medical Aid in Dying Act. The bill now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk, who has until the end of the year to sign or veto the bill, according to Gothamist.

Terminally ill New Yorkers would have the legal ability to end their own lives with pharmaceutical drugs under a bill that's been approved by the New York state Legislature.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will have a decision to make now that Medical Aid in Dying legislation has passed the state Senate. S.138 passed the state Senate by a 38-27 vote on Monday, largely along party lines ...

ALBANY — In a relatively short time span for Albany, the Medical Aid in Dying bill went from stuck in third gear to a fast-track passage by the State Legislature. Now, the action will shift to ...

ALBANY — The New York state legislature has passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, a program supporters are calling “medical aid in dying.” ...