With short notice, a busy holiday season, and below-freezing temperatures, nearly 350 people showed up all around New York calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to veto dangerous and discriminatory assisted suicide legislation.
Passed by a narrow majority and facing strong bi-partisan opposition, the unpopular assisted suicide bill, A. 136, awaits action from the Governor by her December 31st deadline.
New Yorkers representing secular, disability, medical, and faith communities came together, standing shoulder to shoulder on cold December nights to tell the Governor that state-sanctioned suicide has no place here.
Advocates in Western New York, Central New York, the Capital Region, and New York City sent a unified message: VETO ASSISTED SUICIDE.
Canada suspends plans to allow psychiatric euthanasia INDEFINITELY! Today the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Health announced that the plan to allow MAID (euthanasia) for patients with psychiatric disorders in March 2027, will be POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. This came on the same day as a Parliament vote scheduled on their C-218 bill that would permanently exclude
Canada Halts One Assisted Suicide Expansion While Proposing Another Canada just announced a significant reversal on euthanasia, but also a troubling new expansion. The Canadian government says it will introduce legislation to indefinitely prevent people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness from qualifying for euthanasia. That is welcome news. The expansion was originally scheduled
Delaware Assisted Suicide Lawsuit: A Critical Hearing Before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals From the Desk of Matthew P. Vallière Sept. 24, 2026 Yesterday, I was honored to represent the plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the state of Delaware at a hearing at the 3rd Circuit Court of appeals in Newark, New Jersey.
