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Legislative Advocacy
February 13th, 2025 (Vol. 4)
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Please call and email your NYS Legislators and URGE them to VOTE NO to the pending Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act.
Several NYS Legislators already re-introduced MAID this year in both the NYS Assembly & Senate. Both MAID bills, A136 and S138, were referred to the health committees in each respective chamber.
Please URGE the NYS Legislators that sit in these health committees to VOTE NO to MAID.
- MAID permits doctors to give qualifying people, including teenagers (18 + 19 year olds), a lethal overdose of drugs to self-administer.
- MAID endangers the lives of vulnerable people, including the disabled and aged.
- MAID disproportionately impacts women.
- MAID normalizes suicide, especially by drug overdose.
- MAID allows individuals to financially benefit from the death of MAID victims.
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The American Medical Association opposes MAID. The AMA clearly states that physician assisted suicide “would ultimately cause more harm than good.” | |
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It is a fundamental principle of suicide prevention that ‘every suicide is a tragedy’. Every death robs the world of someone who is unique, irreplaceable, a world in themselves.
David Albert Jones, Research Fellow, Oxford University
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A “growing body of evidence” shows- feeling like a “burden to others”- is a relevant factor in “death hastening acts.” Nearly half of Canadians, for example, who died by assisted suicide cited they felt like a “burden on family, friends or caregivers,” among their reasons for committing suicide. | |
(Please only participate if you are a NY Registered Voter) | |
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Phone & Email Script Suggestion:
Dear Senator/Assemblyperson,
I am a voting New Yorker and I oppose the Medical Aid in Dying Act /MAID.
MAID jeopardizes the lives of the disabled, aged and infirm. Legalizing medical aid in dying increases rates of suicide, according to comprehensive studies, and disproportionately impacts women.
Self-administering a lethal dose of drugs, even if provided by a physician, is suicide, and helping someone commit suicide is criminal. Progressive societies promote life-affirming solutions, not the violent destruction of human life.
On behalf of vulnerable people and future generations please VOTE NO to MAID, #S138, #A136.
Sincerely,
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Chair: J. Gustavo Rivera, District 33
Albany: 518-455-3395
District: 718-933-2034
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Samra G. Brouk, District 55
Albany: 518 455-2215
District: 585-223-1800
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Simcha Felder, District 22
Albany: 518 455-2754
District: 718-253-2015
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Brad Holyman Sigal, District 47
Albany: 518-455-2451
District: 212-633-8052
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Kristen Gonzalez, District 59
Albany: 518-455-3250
District: 718-765-6674
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Robert Jackson, District 31
Albany: 518-455-2041
District: 212-544-0173
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Zellnor Myrie, District 20
Albany: 518-455-2410
District: 718-284-4700
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Kevin S. Parker, District 5
Albany: 518-455-2580
District: 718-629-6401
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Christopher J. Ryan, District 50
District: 315-428-7632
Albany: 518-455-3511
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Lea Webb, District 52
Albany: 518- 455-2170
District: 607-773-8771
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Patrick Gallivan, District 60
Albany: 518-455-3471
District: 716-656-8544
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Jacob Ashby, District 43
Albany: 518-371-2751
District: 518-455-2381
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Jack M. Martins, District 7
Albany: 518-455-2677
District: 516-922-1811
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Stephen D. Rhoads, District 50
Albany: 518-455-3161
District: 516-882-0630
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Daniel G. Stec, District 45
Albany: 518-455-2811
District: 518-743-0968
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NYS Assembly Health Committee | |
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Chair: Amy Paulin, District 88
Albany: (518) 455-5585
District: 914-723-1115
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Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, District 42
Albany: 518-455-5385
District: 718-940-0428
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Jake Blumencranz, District 15
Albany: 518-455-4684
District: 516-937-3571
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Edward C. Braunstein, District 26
Albany: 518-455-5425
District: 718-357-3588
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Patrick J. Chuldzinski, District 143
Albany: 518-4555921
District: 716-686-0080
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Jeffrey Dinowitz, District 81
Albany: 518-455-5965
District: 718-796-5345
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Phara Souffrant Forrest, District 57
Albany: 518-455-5325
District: 718-796-5345
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Jarett Gandolfo, District 7
Albany: 518-455-4611
District: 718-457-0384
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Jessica González-Rojas, District 34
Albany: 518-455-4545
District: 718-457-0384
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Scott Gray, District 116
Albany: 518-455-5545
District: 718-457-0384
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Jen Lunsford, District 135
Albany: 518-455-5784
District: 585-223-9130
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Andrew Hevesi, District 28
Albany: 518-455-4926
District: 718-263-5595
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Josh Jensen, District 134
Albany: 518-455-4664
District: 585-225-4190
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Anna R. Kelles, District 125
Albany: 518-455-5444
District: 607-277-8030
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Nikki Lucas, District 60
Albany: 518-455-5912
District: 718-257-5824
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John T. McDonald III, District 108
Albany: 518-455-4474
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Brian Maher, District 101
Albany: 518-455-4633
District: 845-379-5001
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Daniel J. Norber, District 16
Albany: 518-455-5192
District: 516-482-6966
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Jenifer Rajkumar, District 38
Albany: 518-455-4621
District: 718-805-0950
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Karines Reyes, District 87
Albany: 518-455-5102
District: 718-931-2620
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Daniel Rosenthal, District 27
Albany: 518-455-4404
District: 212-873-6368
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Linda B. Rosenthal, District 67
Albany: 518-455-5802
District: 212-873-6368
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Nader J. Sayegh, District 90
Albany: 518 455 3662
District: 914-779-8805
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Michaelle C. Solages, District 22
Albany: 518-455-4465
District: 516-599-2972
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Phil Steck, District 110
Albany: 518-455-5931
District: 518-377-0902
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Please also take a moment to read the petition to CBS NEWS, and serve as a signatory if you're willing. As you will see, their bias is misleading and harmful. | | | | | | |
