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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a deal with legislative leaders to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, including safeguards like waiting periods and medical confirmations, with plans to sign the bill into law next year despite opposition from religious groups.
Vermont has become the first state in the US to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of its medically assisted suicide law. The state's governor signed a bill that removes the residency requirement for the decades-old law. Vermont is one of 10 states that allow medically assisted suicide. Critics of such laws say without the residency requirements states risk becoming assisted suicide tourism destinations. Supporters of Vermont’s medically assisted suicide law say it has stringent safeguards.