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He New York State Assembly On Tuesday, he approved a bill that would legalize the medically assisted suicide for people with terminal diseases, sending the measure to the state Senate.
The Medical Aid Law in Death approved the Assembly by an 81-67 vote. The measure would allow a mentally competent adult who received six months or less live the option of receiving lethal medications.
The sponsor of the bill, assemblyman Amy Paulin, said she was motivated to present the legislation after her sister died of ovarian cancer.
“I don’t know if he would have taken advantage of this medicine if he had the opportunity, but I can tell you that when he died, he was not there,” said Paulin, a Democrat, to journalists, according to the New York Post.
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The New York State Assembly on Tuesday approved a bill that would legalize the medically assisted suicide for people with terminal diseases. (Istock)
“When she died, my other sisters were not there, and that was her desire,” he continued.
Democratic assemblyman Karines Reyes, a registered nurse, said the bill would allow people to die with dignity.
“If you do not believe in him, you do not take advantage of that choice, but I think it is inhuman for us to tell the people that we are forcing them to continue their suffering,” Reyes said.
The medically assisted suicide has been gaining support in New York during the last decade, but the opponents of the measure argue that it is similar to the assisted suicide sponsored by the State.
“I watched my mother die. I saw my daughter die. And I know that, because of a fact, none of us is getting out of here. At some point or another, we are all going to go, but I do not think there is a combination of six drugs offered to someone to finish their life”, the leaders of most of the villages of most of the assembly, they said a Democrat, on the floor of the Assembly, according to the post of New York.
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The sponsor of the bill, assemblyman Amy Paulin, said she was motivated to present the legislation after her sister died of ovarian cancer. (Getty images)
Assemblyman Mary Beth Walsh, a Republican, said “each life has value” when arguing against the proposal.
“Progress may not be in a straight line and will look different for each of us, but this idea of surrendering and dying is not excelsior, always up. It is incredibly sad,” he said, referring to the motto of the State, “Excelsior” which means “always up.”
The leader of the majority of the state Senate, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, said she discuss the bill With the senators, but she did not say if she would mention it to vote on the floor.
Democratic assemblyman Karines Reyes, a registered nurse, said the bill would allow people to die with dignity. (Getty images)
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“The conversation had seriously begun last year. So I think we have time to look at it seriously,” he told reporters.
It is not clear if Democratic governor Kathy Hochul would sign the measure if he approved the state legislature.
There are 10 US states with suicide assisted by a legalized doctor. Several other countries, including Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have also legalized assisted suicide.
