Editor’s Note: Ginger Fairchild is a registered veterinary nurse and has a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She lives in Burbank, California. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own.

Credit: Getty Images As of 2025, MAID is authorized in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, Maine, New Mexico, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, ...

Medical aid in dying is an end-of-life option that allows individuals with less than 6 months to live to obtain medication to end their life. Medical aid in dying is legal in 11 US states, and more ...

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Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act (A.136/S.138, Chapter 714 of the Laws of 2025) Friday – including chapter amendments (A.9515/S.8835, Chapter 1 of the Laws of 2026) – making ...

After 17 years of friendship, Kathy Escobar’s friend asked her for help navigating the medical aid-in-dying program at Denver Health. Bill Ekdahl had COPD, a lung disease, that was ultimately going to ...

Safety of Telemedicine Follow-Up Visits in Children With Cancer Undergoing Intensive Chemotherapy: Results From the Randomized KULT-SH Trial MAID remains a polarizing topic among clinicians, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For close to a decade, a growing blend of New York residents and lawmakers have pushed to make medical aid in dying — also known as M.A.i.D — legal in the state. First introduced ...

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. It is encouraging to learn that Gov. Kathy Hochul is ...

A Massachusetts bill to allow physicians to prescribe medical aid in dying medication had its first hearing April 2. Supporters of the issue say that people should be able to choose the way they die, ...

PROPOSED plans to bar medical aid societies from owning hospitals and clinics can unleash a healthcare affordability crisis in the country, leaving millions drowning in medical bills, stakeholders ...

BOSTON - Top House and Senate Democrats have not publicly mentioned legalizing medical aid in dying as a priority, but one legislative sponsor believes the chances of action are better than ever now ...