Aid-In-Dying Bill Set to Pass With Tweaks
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New York is set to become the 13th state to legalize physician-assisted suicide after Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would sign a bill approving the practice, capping an intense lobbying effort on both sides of the controversial issue.
Hochul sought to stake out a middle ground, saying she wouldn’t sign the measure until January after the legislature amends it to make it more restrictive than an earlier iteration.
“Even as a Catholic, I can’t stand here and not allow someone else to do something that perhaps I would not do,” Hochul said ...