How does life-ending medication work? Here’s a look at how N.Y.’s proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act could work
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Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of stories exploring New York’s controversial proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act. At stake is how the law defines what is permissible as people face heart-wrenching decisions about how to spend their final days. Are you a Staten Islander who supports or opposes medical aid in dying? Email this reporter at llovallo@siadvance.com.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Time is running out once again for New York’s proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act.
The proposed legislation, which counts Staten Island state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton as its co-prime sponsor, would allow mentally competent, terminally ill patients over the age of 18 the choice of self-administering prescribed life-ending medication.
