Over at his Market Design Blog, Al Roth has a couple of posts about New York's Medical Aid In Dying Law (links below), which has passed both the state assembly and senate. According to theNY Times:
"Eleven states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting so-called medical aid in dying. The practice is also available in several European countries and in Canada, which recently broadened its criteria to extend the option to people with incurable chronic illnesses and disabilities.
The bill in New York is written more narrowly and would apply only to people who have an incurable and irreversible illness, with six months or less to live. Proponents say that distinction is key.
“It isn’t about ending a person’s life, but shortening their death,” said State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Manhattan Democrat and one of the sponsors of the bill. It passed on Monday night by a vote of 35 to 27, mostly along partisan lines.
Links:
Roth: Medical aid in dying bill advances (controversially) in New York State
Roth: New York State senate passes medical aid in dying bill
Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die? By Madeleine Kearns
New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms
by Grace Ashford
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