Gov. Kathy Hochul has yet again done the wrong thing with just a bit of butt-covering, this time in embracing doctor-administered euthanasia in the Empire State with a few bogus added \u201csafeguards.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gov declared Wednesday that she\u2019ll sign into law<\/a> the \u201cMedical Aid in Dying\u201d bill that gives state sanction to doctors providing killing \u201cmedicine\u201d to terminally ill patients \u2014 her only conditions being to require the recipient to submit written and recorded oral requests, plus a five-day waiting period and signoffs from a physician that he or she has at most six months to live and a psychiatric professional on the would-be suicide\u2019s mental fitness.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a Kat classic: Splitting the difference to make sure nobody gets mad at her, rather than take a principled stand against a horrible idea that, yes, sounds reasonable to most people who don\u2019t look closely into it.<\/p>\n Sorry: Any law that endorses death-by-doctor is despicable and dangerous.<\/p>\n MAID fans argue that allowing \u201ca dignified exit\u201d for someone close to death anyway and suffering acutely is compassionate: You get to choose the place, time and circumstances of your ending; who could ask for anything more?<\/p>\n Sounds so warm and fuzzy \u2014 but it is beyond ghoulish in practice.<\/a><\/p>\n Open the door to assisted suicide, and limits on who\u2019s eligible immediately start to evaporate. <\/p>\n Canada passed its first assisted suicide law in 2016; by 2021, it had dropped the rule limiting it to those facing a \u201creasonably foreseeable natural death,\u201d allowing those with chronic illnesses and severe disabilities could also \u201cchoose\u201d death-by-doctor.<\/p>\n