New York state Senate vote unclear on medically assisted suicide
New York state senators are gearing up for a fight after Albany's late budget chaos ends to consider bringing a bill to the floor to legalize medically assisted suicide in the state.
The Assembly passed legislation Tuesday, known as the Medical Aid in Dying Act, that would allow terminally ill, mentally capable adults who have six months or fewer to live to take their own lives with a cocktail of lethal pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by their doctor.