Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die?
Dr. Jeremy Boal, pictured at his home in Craryville, New York, on June 6, 2025, was diagnosed with ALS and now advocates for New York’s Medical Aid in Dying bill. (Cindy Schultz for The Free Press)
Eleven states have legalized assisted dying, but only New York would have no waiting period, which risks turning suicide into a medical treatment option.
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“We did not want to linger if there was a terminal diagnosis and no quality of life.”
In Nancy Murphy’s family, she said, this was always understood.
So when her sister, Joan, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2015 at age 85, she knew exactly what she would do. Joan was living in Vermont, where the state has allowed terminally ill patients to end their…
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