By Daniel Leddy | For the Staten Island Advance on May 16, 2016 at 10:53 AM, updated May 16, 2016 at 10:55 AM Advocates for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in New York suffered a decisive defeat in court early this month. In its May 3...
A clear and welcome ruling came down Tuesday, May 3rd, from the NY Appellate Division in an assisted suicide case in which NDY filed a friend-of-the-court brief joined by ten other national and state disability organizations. The Court found no constitutional right to assisted suicide....
By SABRINA TAVERNISE - APRIL 22, 2016 - The New York Times WASHINGTON — Suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years, a federal data analysis has found, with increases in every age group except older adults. The rise was particularly...
[caption id="attachment_226" align="alignleft" width="150"] Court decision[/caption] The Associated Press - SANTA FE, N.M. as appearing in the SUN HERALD, Gulfport, MS New Mexico's highest court is poised to consider the legality of assisted suicide. The state Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Oct. 26 in a so-called "aid-in-dying" case...