Hochul’s ‘Death with Dignity’ is Neither

New Yorkers struggling with mental health crises are told to call 988, the suicide-prevention hotline. But on February 6, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, authorizing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. The message is stark: some lives must be saved, others may be ended. Before […]

CWALAC Urges Gov. Hochul to Halt Plans to Sign Assisted Suicide Bill

  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, […]

CWA Urges Govs. Hochul and Pritzker to Veto Physician-Assisted Suicide Bills

On December 8, 2025, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) Penny Nance sent letters, on behalf of our members, to New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker urging them to veto their states’ respective physician-assisted suicide (PAS) bills ahead of the New Year. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS), […]

Report: Understanding Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States

In September 2025, Lifeway Research found that over half of Americans (55 percent) agree that “physicians should be allowed to assist terminally ill patients in ending their life.” The figure should be zero percent. Physician-assisted suicide is an affront to the sanctity of human life, a sure-fire trap door into a dangerous slippery slope for […]