For Immediate Release: December 22, 2025 | Contact: [email protected]
WASHINGTON, DC – Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) is calling on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider signing Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) bill, which will allow terminally ill people to end their lives, into law.
“While Gov. Hochul has indicated she will sign MAID into law, we urge her to reconsider legalizing medicalized suicide. Physician-assisted suicide is not ‘death with dignity.’ It is cruelty to the terminally ill and convenience for financial stakeholders in the medical industry. It should shock the conscience of everyone and has no place in our society,” said Penny Nance, CEO and President, CWALAC.
“The ‘death with dignity’ moniker is intentionally dishonest. The reality is that suicide is cheaper than quality end-of-life care. A dead patient frees up a hospital bed, saves morphine, and cuts slack to insurance companies. When assisted suicide is the norm and hospice care is an exception, death loses dignity and gains a dangerous price tag.
“Real death with dignity is embracing human life until its natural end and ensuring every suffering person of their inherent worth and dignity despite a terminal diagnosis. Suicide is not the ethical or medical answer to fear, pain, or suffering at the end of life. A physician’s responsibility is to diligently address a dying patient’s fears, affirm the value of their life until its natural end, and assure the patient that their symptoms and pain will be vigilantly treated,” said Nance.
In the Netherlands, where euthanasia is available on demand, senior citizens “are so fearful of being killed by doctors that they carry cards saying they do not want euthanasia.” In Canada, minors may seek PAS for any reason without notifying their parents. The Canadian government also offers PAS to people “too poor to live with dignity.”
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