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Lawmakers push for a bill that would legalize medical aid in dying--legislation passed in only ten other states and the District of Columbia. 

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.

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.