Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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We urge you to contact members of the New York State Senate Health Committee (Link to Senate Health Committee) and the New York State Assembly Health Committee (Link to Assembly Health Committee) to express your opposition to assisted suicide Assembly Bill A136 and Senate Bill SB 138.
An article by Vaughn Golden that was published in the New York Post explains that the issue of assisted suicide was brought up in a special budget meeting last week. Golden reports that supporters of assisted suicide claimed that they had the necessary votes to get the assisted suicide bill passed.
The article doesn't specifically state that the assisted suicide bill was brought up as part of a political "trade off" to get the budget passed, but this would not be the first time that an assisted suicide bill was prioritised as part of budget negotiations.
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:
An article by Vaughn Golden that was published in the New York Post explains that the issue of assisted suicide was brought up in a special budget meeting last week. Golden reports that supporters of assisted suicide claimed that they had the necessary votes to get the assisted suicide bill passed.
The article doesn't specifically state that the assisted suicide bill was brought up as part of a political "trade off" to get the budget passed, but this would not be the first time that an assisted suicide bill was prioritised as part of budget negotiations.
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.In other words, Paulin was saying that she wants to legalize assisted suicide first and expand the bill later.
We've been criticized 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.
The language of assisted suicide bills are part of a "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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2 comments:
People unfamiliar with what passes for government in New York should understand that "debate" in our legislature is purely performative. Everything is decided in secret within the Democratic conferences in the two houses, and the final vote on a bill is a foregone conclusion. It is all orchestrated by the leadership, for reasons known only unto themselves. No real public input is allowed. Any committee or floor debate on this awful dangerous bill will be a sham. This is part of why NY has the worst government in America.
That may be true - that NY has one of the most extremist state governments in the US. However, that should not deter people who are opposed to assisted suicide/euthanasia from calling and emailing legislators and voicing their opposition. This is NOT a time just to give up and say there is no chance.
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