Lawmakers have wrapped up for the year in Albany, with the passage of some significant bills in the closing days of the ...

There are growing fears Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill could be defeated when it returns to the Commons next week, as MPs claim confidence in it is rapidly being lost.. The warning comes ...

Largely along party lines, the Democratic-led chamber passed the bill, formally known as "Medical Aid in Dying," 35-27, after a debate that ran nearly three hours.

More than 1,000 doctors have written to MPs urging them to vote against the assisted dying bill, calling it a "real threat to both patients and the medical workforce".

Gov. Kathy Hochul will have a decision to make now that Medical Aid in Dying legislation has passed the state Senate. S.138 passed the state Senate by a 38-27 vote on Monday, largely along party lines ...

The bill now goes to Governor Kathy Hochul for her signature but it's unclear if she will sign it The New York State Senate has passed the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which allows those who are ...

Poust argued that the Medical Aid in Dying Act would undermine Hochul’s commitment to improving mental health outcomes in the state and said that New York should instead focus on palliative care. “We ...

The proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act, a bill introduced in Albany since 2016, passed the Senate by an unofficial count of 35 to 27 around 8:20 p.m.

Should Hochul approve the bill, New York would become the 12th state to allow medically assisted suicide in some form. “Governor Hochul will review the legislation,” said Avi Small, the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)— A controversial bill known as Medical Aid in Dying could be moving forward in the New York State Legislature. Medical Aid in Dying would allow a mentally capable adult ...

A leading British palliative care consultant has described the assisted dying bill as "not fit for purpose" and is urging MPs to stop the bill from progressing any further. Rejecting assurances ...

If a bill is passed by the Senate and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois would join about 10 other states, among them Oregon, California, Colorado and Hawaii, as well as Washington, D.C., in ...