New York has taken another decisive step in redefining life, death, and moral authority. Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation making New York the 13th state—plus Washington, D.C.—to legalize physician-assisted suicide for patients diagnosed with six months or less to live. Framed as an act of “compassion” and “bodily autonomy,” the law allows doctors to prescribe lethal medication to end a patient’s life, with full implementation scheduled after a six-month regulatory period. Supporters insist this is about dignity, but critics warn it formalizes a system where death becomes a sanctioned solution to suffering.

The language surrounding the bill is revealing. Hochul equated assisted suicide with personal freedom, employing the same moral framework long used to defend abortion and radical gender ideology—autonomy elevated above the sanctity of life. Her justification was deeply personal, rooted in watching her mother suffer from ALS, yet public policy shaped by emotion often leads to irreversible consequences. Once the state positions itself as arbiter over when life is no longer worth living, the threshold of “compassion” inevitably shifts. What begins with the terminally ill has, in other nations, expanded to include the disabled, the depressed, and the socially isolated.

SOURCE: Breitbart