The New York State Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would legalize medically assisted suicide in the end patient and send the measure to the state Senate.
Medical assistance for the dying law was passed by the conference with a vote of 81-67. The measure will allow a mentally capable adult to be given six months or less and have the option to be prescribed for a deadly medication.
Councilwoman Amy Paulin, the sponsor of the bill, said she was motivated to introduce the legislation after her sister died of ovarian cancer.
"I don't know if she'll use this drug, but I can tell you that when she died, I wasn't there."
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The New York State Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would legalize the most serious patients to commit suicide. (iStock)
She continued: "When she passed away, my other sisters were not there, and that was her wish."
Democratic lawmaker Karines Reyes is a registered nurse and the bill will allow people to die with dignity.
"If you don't believe it, don't use your choices, but I think we're inhumane to tell people we're forcing them to continue suffering," Reyes said.
Medically assisted suicides have been supported in New York for the past decade, but opponents of the measure believe it is similar to state-sponsored assisted suicide.
"I watched my mom die. I watched my daughter die. I know, one fact is that none of us have lives. At some point or other circumstances, we will go, but I don't believe there should be six drugs that provide someone with six drugs that end their lives," said conference leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a competitor, a competitor, an element, at the conference, according to New York Mord, New York pers of New York.
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Councilwoman Amy Paulin, the sponsor of the bill, said she was motivated to introduce the legislation after her sister died of ovarian cancer. (Getty Image)
Republican Mary Beth Walsh said that in opposing the proposal, “every life has value.”
"Progress may not be straight lines, and it will be different for each of us, but the idea of giving up and dying is not outstanding and always sad. It's incredible," she said.
State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said she would discuss the bill with the senators, but she did not say whether she would vote.
Democratic lawmaker Karines Reyes is a registered nurse and the bill will allow people to die with dignity. (Getty Image)
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"The conversation started last year. So I think we have time to study it seriously," she told reporters.
It is unclear whether Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul passed the state legislature and whether the measure will be signed.
There are 10 states in the United States that have legal physicians assisted in suicide. Several other countries, including Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have also legalized suicide.