New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A136/S138), sponsored by Assemblymember Amy Paulin and Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, was passed by the Assembly in a historic 81-67 vote on April 29. It now advances to the Senate Health Committee.
Introduced in 2025 with nearly 80 co-sponsors representing every corner of the state, this measure has garnered a growing chorus of lawmakers, voters, and civic organizations representing the Empire State’s broad diversity. This dynamic group is urging policymakers to lead with love and pass this critical bill without delay.
New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. Read more about public support here.
Click the button below to take immediate action by sharing your support for the option of medical aid in dying with your lawmakers. For more information or questions please email [email protected].
Lawmakers need to know that medical aid-in-dying advocates will remain a presence in the halls of the capitol and legislative office building as long as it takes to pass the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act. Urge them to make passage of these bills a top priority in the 2025 legislative session.
A new survey shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support medical aid in dying by a 72-23% margin. You can read about it here.
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email April 25, 2022: Welcome back to Albany. In the Legislative Office Building this week, you will see a series of display boards that make a compelling case for passing New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act (A4321a/S6471). I urge you to stop and take a moment of…
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Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email April 4, 2022: Good morning! As you work to finalize the state budget and money is on your mind, I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer three of the most commonly asked questions I get about the financial implications of medical aid in dying. Does choosing…
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email March 28 2022: Good morning! What do a world-renowned Christian theologian, a leading medical ethicist from NYU, an Oregon-based hospice advocate, and a Bronx man who lost his brother to cancer have in common? They all at one point opposed the idea of medical aid in dying,…
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email March 21 2022: Good afternoon! Today I’d like to talk to you about faith and religion. Did you know that the majority of people who identify themselves as adhering to a faith or religious group support giving terminally ill people the peaceful option of medical aid in…
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email March 14, 2022: Good morning, During my seven years of leading the campaign to improve end-of-life care and expand options, I’ve traveled to every corner of this great state and talked to thousands of New Yorkers covering every demographic and political persuasion. At a time when it…
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email March 7, 2022: Good morning, Talking about death and dying is really hard. I should know, I’ve been prodding you to talk to me about death and dying for more than 7 years as we’ve worked to pass New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act. What’s harder…
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email February 28, 2022: Good morning, and welcome back to Albany! I hope you had a great weekend, and if you actually took a break last week, I hope it was restful. Today I’d like to share with you why medical aid in dying is not suicide. I’d…
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