Terminally ill patients need your advocacy.
With your help, the New York legislature has passed Medical Aid in Dying, which now only needs Gov. Hochul’s signature to become the law in New York. Please contact the governor and urge her to sign this excellent bill into law.
A136 is a medical aid-in-dying bill, permitting the pathway of a peaceful death to patients who have no alternative other than suffering through a terminal illness. Opposition to these bills primarily comes from religious advocates who believe that humans are improperly “playing God” instead of spending their final months suffering simply so their families can see them die a natural death.
Not only is it inhumane to force this upon a person, but it’s also cruel. And it forces families to watch their loved ones deteriorate as illness takes them away over a long period. It’s time to stand up to religious lawmakers forcing this unnecessary practice of religious zealotry on New York residents.
FFRF Action Fund is also encouraging members to attend a vigil outside the Governor’s Albany office tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by Compassion & Choices. Additionally, FFRF’s only New York chapter, Upstate New York Freethinkers, needs advocates to show up in support of the bill.
Please contact Gov. Hochul today and urge her to sign this bill. We have included talking points through the “Take Action” button, which you can edit to your liking by clicking the pencil icon. For best results, please be succinct and polite. For extra impact, you will be directed to a phone script to call the governor after you email her. Please take the extra minute to call her if you can!
For more information about this issue, please visit our New York chapter’s information page. You can also follow this link to support the chapter. If you are interested in joining the chapter, please consider signing up here.
(Note: You must live in New York in order to take part in this action alert.)