Aid in Dying in New York: Your Right to Choose

Executive Director Emeritus and Senior Consultant David Leven will present “Aid in Dying in New York: Your Right to Choose” at the Field Library located a 4 Nelson Avenue in Peekskill.  This speech focuses  on aid in dying, the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill adult patient obtains a prescription of medicines which the patient may ingest to end suffering and achieve a peaceful death. Topics covered include current attempts to legalize aid in dying in New York through legislation or litigation; and the experiences of other states in which aid in dying is already legal.

The Field Library, 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY 10566

This program is free. For more information please contact Alicia Morgan at 914-737-0521.