https://choiceisanillusion.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/ny-memo-05-31-16_001.pdf
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
I. INTRODUCTION
I am a lawyer in Washington State where physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are legal.[1] Our law is based on a similar law in Oregon. Both laws are similar to the proposed bills, A. 10059 and S. 7579.[2]
The bills are titled “Medical Aid in Dying.” There is, however, no requirement that patients be dying. “Eligible” patients may have years, even decades, to live. The bills are also sold as a promotion of patient choice and control. The bills are instead stacked against the patient and a recipe for elder abuse. Finally, the bills are deceptively written; they are not what they appear to be. I urge you to vote “No.”
The bills are titled “Medical Aid in Dying.” There is, however, no requirement that patients be dying. “Eligible” patients may have years, even decades, to live. The bills are also sold as a promotion of patient choice and control. The bills are instead stacked against the patient and a recipe for elder abuse. Finally, the bills are deceptively written; they are not what they appear to be. I urge you to vote “No.”