New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A995c/S2445c), sponsored by Assemblymember Amy Paulin and Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, is one of the most important measures before the New York State Legislature in 2025. With 92 co-sponsors representing every corner of New York State, a growing chorus of lawmakers, voters, and civic organizations representing the broad diversity of the Empire State is calling on the legislature to pass the bill.
A new survey shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. You can read about it here.
Voters from across the state are joining with Compassion & Choices to raise their voices and urge legislative leaders to lead with love, put families first, and bring the bill to the floor for a vote before the legislative session ends in June. If you support this compassionate bill, click below to take immediate action. If you want to learn more, scan this page for more information or reach out to us by emailing [email protected].
Lawmakers need to hear your voice. When you call lawmakers’ offices, you show them that the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act is among your top priorities as their constituent.
A new survey shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. You can read about it here.
Every month, Doctors for Dignity Campaign Manager Rebecca Thoman, M.D., sends a bulletin to all Doctors for Dignity. The following message was sent in August 2016: Friend, Last month, the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) Congress of Delegates voted to remain neutral on “state or federal legislation regarding aid in dying by…
We sent this message to our New York supporters this week: I’m writing to ask you to join us for one of our most important events of the year. In just a few weeks, Compassion & Choices New York will have a booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Our presence at the…
The following message was sent to our North Country, New York supporters on Monday, June 27: Friend, I’d like to invite you to a Tupper Lake film screening of How to Die in Oregon, an award-winning documentary that offers a moving portrait of people accessing medical aid in dying. As you know, our campaign to…
The following email was sent to our New York supporters on Friday, June 17: Friend, Today marks the end of New York’s 2016 legislative session. As you know, this year we brought lawmakers to the table to negotiate the Medical Aid in Dying Act. Thanks to more than 1300 supporters like you who contacted your…
UPDATE: The bill passed a New York Assembly committee on May 23. Read more here. Dozens of motivated activists gathered at the New York State Capitol in Albany on May 10 for Spring Lobby Day to talk to legislators about why it’s time to authorize medical aid in dying in the Empire State. C&C kicked…
In an historic vote, the Medical Aid in Dying Act won swift passage through the New York State Assembly Health Committee in a 14-11 vote, bringing the people of New York one step closer to having another medical option to reduce suffering at the end of life. The bipartisan vote occurred fewer than two weeks…
New York Campaign Director Corinne Carey sent the following email to our New York supporters this afternoon: Friend, On Tuesday, dozens of Compassion & Choices supporters came to Albany for our Spring Lobby Day and met with nearly one hundred legislators to tell them why medical aid in dying should be authorized here in the…
Yesterday, dozens of volunteers turned out to the New York State Capitol to tell legislators why they support authorizing medical aid in dying. We held a press conference to announce an important breakthrough- sponsoring legislators combined the two medical aid-in-dying bills into a single bill, the Medical Aid in Dying Act. A combined bill will allow…
Walter Dannhauser didn’t endure a tragic family ordeal to motivate his activism. “I just feel that there’s absolutely no reason to force people to go through this agony if they’re going to die anyway,” the East Amherst, New York, resident explains. “Why not make it easier for them and their loved ones?” A retired chemistry…
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