Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is now in effect throughout New York. It arrived with both applause and opposition to the procedure that now grants physician-assisted suicide to eligible sick patients in the Empire State.
The bill took effect on Aug. 5 after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into law in February, following more than 10 years of advocacy by supporters of MAID.
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