Medical Aid in Dying Picks up Legislative Support

The New York Medical Aid in Dying Act allows terminally ill, mentally capable adults with a prognosis of 6 months or less to live to have the option to request and obtain medication to die peacefully if suffering is unbearable. The bill picked up momentum after the Assembly Speaker admitted that it had enough votes in his house to pass and was placed on the Health and Codes Committee agenda for Monday. Corinne Carey of Compassion & Choices discusses the bill with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.