Disability patients sue New York to stop doctor-assisted suicide law

Metro Disability patients sue New York to stop doctor-assisted suicide law By Carl Campanile Published June 11, 2026, 7:04 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A coalition advocating for patients with disabilities filed federal lawsuits Thursday seeking to scrap New York and Illinois’ controversial doctor-assisted suicide laws for allegedly treating the terminally ill as “disposable.” The New York state Health Department recently published rules for administering the law, which takes effect August 5 and allows terminally ill New Yorkers with less than six months to live to make a voluntary, informed decision to request medication to end their lives via suicide.

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