YES

NO

The vast majority of New Yorkers in favor of this bill, who have been polled by Gallup, Quinnipiac, Sienna, Marist, or even your own constituent surveys. 

Here are the latest Marist poll numbers:

59% of New York voters polled support the option of medical aid in dying. 

Some of your colleagues have seen numbers as high as 80% when they ask the most likely voters in their districts -- people who read their emails and newsletters. 

The shrinking minority of New York voters who say they are opposed: 

36% in the latest poll.

A growing and broad array of civic groups throughout New York State that include the New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters of New York State, StateWide Senior Action Council, NYS Public Health Association, Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, NOW-NY, ACT UP NY, Harlem United, Latino Commission on AIDS, Latinos for Healthcare Equity, the WESPAC Foundation, and SAGE NY, which advocates for and provides healthcare and other services to LGBT elders.

16 of these groups sent memoranda in support of the bill to legislative leadership last week. You can see the memos here.

A static and small number of very vocal groups that have opposed many of the smart measures the legislature has taken up and passed into law which you can see here. 

The weight of more than two decades of evidence from the increasing number of jurisdictions that have given their residents the right to this compassionate option. 

The lack of any evidence, despite well-funded opposition groups that would be sure to broadcast to you any evidence of medical aid-in-dying laws gone wrong in states like New Jersey. 

Real harms that New York families are experiencing as a direct result of legislative inaction to provide this compassionate option. 

Theoretical fears from opponents, cut-and-pasted from opposition positions taken in the early 1990s before any state had ever authorized medical aid in dying, none of which have ever come to pass. 

Giving terminally ill New Yorkers the ability to die in a way that is consistent with their faith, their values, and their beliefs, even if those beliefs are not yours. 

Preventing terminally ill New Yorkers from living and dying in a way that is consistent with their faith, their values, and their beliefs because you -- or some of your constituents -- have a different set of values. 

Do you see yourself on this side of history?

If so, then you should add your name to this bill by contacting Assemblymember Amy Paulin or Senator Diane Savino. 

If you are unwilling to put your name on the bill, you should contact the sponsors and leadership and let them know that you will vote yes when the bill comes before you in committee or on the floor. 

Do you see yourself on this side of history?

Inaction this year puts you on this side of history, even if you think you are “on the fence” or undecided. 

Your inaction will guarantee more suffering like what Ayla Rain Eilert’s family endured.