"The governor will not sign the version of the MAID bill that the state Legislature approved earlier this year. Rather, Hochul said, she would ink a revised version of the same legislation, agreed upon with the sponsors and legislative leaders, that will be introduced when the Assembly and state Senate reconvene in January. Hochul made the announcement in an Albany Times-Union opinion piece on Wednesday, in which she called the bill a way to speed up the dying process for terminally ill New Yorkers"
"I heard stories of a parent or spouse pleading for an end to the suffering and how difficult it was to reply, We can't in New York.' She said she spent time reflecting on religious viewpoints against the practice, opinions she said she both understands and respects. So after careful deliberation, I decided to support legalizing medical aid in dying in very specific circumstances"
Governor Kathy Hochul supports a revised Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) bill that allows terminally ill New Yorkers with a professional prognosis of six months or less to end their lives using a prescribed lethal medication. The governor will sign the revised measure next month and the law will take effect six months after signing. The revised bill will be reintroduced when the Assembly and state Senate reconvene in January. The measure includes safeguards such as permitting individual physicians and religiously affiliated health facilities to decline participation. Hochul consulted terminal patients and their families and considered religious viewpoints, informed by her mother's death from ALS.
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