For roughly the past decade, advocates have pushed for New York to approve a law that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with the assistance of their doctor. On Tuesday, the ...

Credit: Getty Images As of 2025, MAID is authorized in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, ...

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A topic that we often find up in the air for discussion is medical aid in dying or assisted suicide, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Should a terminally ill person have the right to end their own life? That is a question New York State lawmakers will consider when they head back to Albany. Advocates who are ...

Terminally ill New Yorkers hoping to relieve their suffering through legal medical means encountered yet another devastating setback on Friday, as the Medical Aid in Dying Act failed to advance ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This op-ed originally ran in the Times Union out of Albany. Two and a half centuries ago, our founding fathers established a vision of a country based on limited government and broad ...

WELCOME BACK TO CLOSE UP ON SO MANY ISSUES IN CONCORD. LAWMAKERS ARE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN THEIR PARTIZAN POSITIONS. VOTES ARE PREDICTABLE. THERE’S NOT A LOT OF CROSSING PARTY LINES. THAT’S NOT SO WITH ...

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Wisconsin lawmakers are considering passing a law that would legalize medical aid-in-dying across the state. Mentally ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Medical Aid in Dying Act is set to be signed into law by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this month, ending a 10-year journey for the controversial legislation. Here’s what you ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — A new poll shows most New Yorkers want Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Bill into law. The bill passed in the State Senate earlier this year, but it still ...