24-year-old died suffering; her parents want New Yorkers to have the choice of life-ending medication silive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from silive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Medical Aid in Dying Act was first introduced in the state legislature in 2016. It allows a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with six months or less to live to get a prescription from their doctor for medication that they can take when their suffering becomes too great to bear.
Advocates of a measure to permit terminally ill people to request medication to end their lives say it’s long past time for New York to join ten other states and allow the practice.
Advocates for medical aid in dying seek momentum for bill wskg.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wskg.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.