UNITED STATES (NEW YORK): New York Court of Appeals found that “aid-in-dying” is assisted suicide and there is no right to assisted suicide

In a unanimous decision by the New York Court of Appeals in Meyers v. Schneiderman, the court found that aid-in-dying is assisted suicide and that there is no right to assisted suicide in New York. Read more >>

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UNITED STATES (NEW YORK): Court ruling doesn’t allow doctor-assisted suicides in N.Y.

Mentally competent, terminally ill patients have a right to refuse medical treatment in New York State — but doctors do not have the right to help them die, the Appellate Division in Manhattan ruled. Read more >>

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