Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A topic that we often find up in the air for discussion is medical aid in dying or assisted suicide, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law Friday that will allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to take life-ending medication prescribed by physicians. The controversial bill overcame strong opposition from ...

Brittany Maynard chose medical aid in dying after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Maynard's husband, Dan Diaz, became her caregiver and supported her decision to move to Oregon for access ...

Assemblyman Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, debates debates Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, earlier this week before the state Assembly approved A.136, legislation that would legalize ...

Terminally ill New Yorkers hoping to relieve their suffering through legal medical means encountered yet another devastating setback on Friday, as the Medical Aid in Dying Act failed to advance ...

Credit: Getty Images As of 2025, MAID is authorized in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, ...

On December 17, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that a deal was reached with lawmakers to move forward with signing the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law. Hochul’s announcement paves the way for ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Democratic state legislators behind the Medical Aid in Dying Act expect its imminent passing in both the Assembly and the Senate. Several of those legislators—including the ...

New York has become the 13th state to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the recently approved Medical Aid in Dying Act into state law.