New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) will review a bill passed by the state legislature this week that would allow assisted suicide for terminally ill patients and make the Empire State the twelfth jurisdiction in the U.S. to legalize the procedure.
The New York State Senate on Monday advanced a physician-assisted suicide bill that was passed by the State Assembly in April. The bill moved out of the Senate by a vote of 37 to 25, mostly along partisan lines.
A spokesperson for Hochul told the Washington Examiner that the governor “will review the legislation” but did not provide more information.
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The bill requires that a patient have incurable or irreversible illnesses with six or less months to live and have the diagnosis confirmed by two
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