lifenews.com
2026-08-07
More broadly, as New York assisted suicide goes into effect tomorrow it sends a dangerous message to people with disabilities, older adults, and seriously ill patients: that death is an acceptable substitute for care. At a moment when home care workers are in short supply and Medicaid supports are being cut, the state is offering lethal prescriptions instead of the treatment, pain management, and in-home support that patients actually need to live safely.
Expressing a desire to end your life is something that should always be met with suicide prevention, appropriate support services, and mental health care. This is especially important for people living with disabilities, people who are often assumed to be a burden on society or lack quality of life, even by their own doctors. Their lives are now in danger, rather than safe hands, if they come to doctors expressing a desire to end their life. This is compounded by the alarming lack of safeguards in actually implementing the law, as evidenced by the rushed time period to address public comments.
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