American MAID: New York Issued About 20 Lethal Prescriptions in Just the First Month of Its Assisted-Suicide Law
New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act has been in effect for a little over a month, and the state still will not say how many people used it. However, Columbia bioethicist David Hoffman, who works with hospitals and groups implementing the statute, told the New York Sun that he estimates about 20 prescriptions for life-ending drugs have already gone out. That figure comes from