Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
In 2023 I referred to New York York state assisted suicide Bill A0995 as a trojan horse bill since Paulin "tightened" the bill to get it passed with the stated intention of expanding the assisted suicide law later.
While listening to a video of a conference promoting the New York state assisted suicide bill, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, stated (starting at 18:40) that:
No person can administer the medication to the patient. It has to be self-administered.
We've been criticised by some organizations that actually want an expansion to that but we've held firm because... we want to get this passed first.
And then perhaps if other states who have had more experience feel that there needs to be an expansion, and I don't think they will because Oregon has been doing this for a long time, then they can come back to us, but at this point and time we have no interest in expanding beyond a self-administered dose.
A similar statement was made by J.M. Sorrell, Executive Director of Massachusetts assisted suicide groups Death with Dignity, who stated on a similar bill that,
“Once you get something passed, you can always work on amendments later.”
The language of assisted suicide bills are part of a deliberate bait and switch tactic by assisted suicide advocates. They know that it is harder to pass an assisted suicide bill than to later expand a bill once it has been passed.
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