New York’s Death Wish: Abandoning the Most Vulnerable to Assisted Suicide

It’s not surprising, but it is shocking and devastating all the same. Empire State Governor Kathy Hochul is about to sign the assisted-suicide bill that lawmakers sent her way months ago.

In a morally tortured op-ed this morning, she announced the legalization as in keeping with her commitment to the culture of death in New York — naming abortion as something she’s proud of — and inexplicably talked about “civil rights” as a precursor to killing the vulnerable:

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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It’s not surprising, but it is shocking and devastating all the same. Empire State Governor Kathy Hochul is about to sign the assisted-suicide bill that lawmakers sent her way months ago.

In a morally tortured op-ed this morning, she announced the legalization as in keeping with her commitment to the culture of death in New York — naming abortion as something she’s proud of — and inexplicably talked about “civil rights” as a precursor to killing the vulnerable:

KL

About the Author

Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.