Compassion & Choices NY Weekly Why: Because Too Many New Yorkers Have Suffered (Jan. 21)
Jan 21, 2022 New York
Distributed to New York State Lawmakers via email January 21, 2022:
"The inaction by the Legislature to make medical aid in dying available to New Yorkers has become punitive. We have all the data we need from decades of experience in other states. Legislators, you need not endorse this end-of-life care option, but for goodness sake, don’t prohibit it. And by not acting on it, that’s exactly what you’re doing."
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If you or your staff have any questions about this legislation, I am more than happy to meet or speak by phone, or to bring in a constituent, healthcare provider, faith leader, or someone from another state who has had an experience with their medical aid in dying law.
Weekly Why Archive
Each week that New York State Lawmakers were in session in 2022, Compassion & Choices New York provided a deep dive into each of the issues surrounding New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act. You can find each of these weekly communications with lawmakers here:
- January 21 – Because Too Many New Yorkers Have Suffered
- January 24 – Because New York Voters Support the Bill
- January 31 – Because the Medical Aid in Dying Act makes sense for New York
- February 7 – Data Doesn't Lie
- February 14 – Peace & Love is what it's all about
- February 28 – It's Not Suicide
- March 7 – Who's Next? One of Your Constituents?
- March 14 – Who Gets to Decide?
- March 21 – What About Faith?
- March 28 – A Change of Heart
- April 4 – This Isn’t About Money
- April 25 – Meet Ayla Rain
- May 2 – What Side Are You On?
- May 9 – What is Autonomy?
- May 16 – We Stand with Buffalo
- May 23 – How Would Medical Aid in Dying Work in New York?
- June 2 – New York Lawmakers Failed Dying New Yorkers