Company Offers Assisted Suicide in NY for $12K
Financial websites report a New York company is offering “terminally ill patients ‘a good death’ for just under $12,000.”
Late last year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an agreement to enact legislation letting healthcare professionals prescribe lethal drugs via so-called “Medical Aid in Dying.” New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act officially took effect on August 5.
That same day, a new company called Quiĕtus began offering assisted suicide in New York. Moneywise and Yahoo Finance write:
“Imagine that instead of taking medication to fend off death from a terminal illness, a person could pay to take a concoction that will end their life in minutes — giving them full control of when and where they die. …
“Quiĕtus was recently profiled by The New York Times. It’s made up of a group of nine doctors, nurses, psychologists and other clinicians. It has no dedicated office because it visits and treats patients in their home.
“Before their scheduled death, patients get two medical evaluations and a mental health screening, as well as a prescription for the drugs needed, including lethal doses of cardiac medication, that will end their life. The $12,000 cost for the patient covers all of this and help for the grieving family after their passing.”
It’s very troubling any time people talk about assisted suicide as if it is a more affordable option for people who are sick or dying.
In parts of the U.S. where physician-assisted suicide is legal, insurance companies have refused to pay for patients’ medical care, but have offered to cover assisted-suicide drugs.
Since 1998, more than one out of twenty assisted-suicide patients in Oregon have expressed concerns about the financial cost of medical treatment, and nearly half have expressed concerns about becoming a “burden” to the people around them.
This is why so many commentators have said that the so-called “right” to die eventually becomes a “duty to die” once assisted suicide is legalized. It puts social and financial pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives prematurely.
Patients in Europe and Canada reportedly have been denied care or actively euthanized as a result of assisted-suicide laws.
Assisted suicide is devastating for families, and it robs patients of compassionate care.
Being pro-life means believing innocent human life is sacred from conception until natural death.
Just like abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are murder, and they violate the sanctity of human life.
That’s why Family Council helped defeat a very bad bill in 2019 that would have let doctors prescribe lethal drugs to patients in Arkansas and two bad end-of-life bills in 2021. These were flawed measures that fundamentally disrespected the right to life.
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Kentucky Man Indicted for Secretly Swapping Girlfriend’s Medication With Abortion Drug
A Kentucky man has been indicted for fetal homicide after authorities say he replaced his pregnant girlfriend’s prescription medication with an abortion drug.
Abdullah Mohmand, 27, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of attempting to kill her unborn child.
“The victim told investigators she was worried about her unborn child after discovering her prescription medication had been replaced.
“After executing a search warrant, KSP [Kentucky State Police] found the medication that matched her description and later confirmed it was Misoprostol. The indictment stated that Mohmand exchanged her prescription with Misoprostol, ‘with intent to cause the death of her unborn child.’
“According to the FDA-approved labeling Misoprostol is a drug that can cause abortion when taken during pregnancy.”
Misoprostol is part of the RU-486 abortion drug regimen.
Mohmand is scheduled to be arraigned September 28.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration first approved abortion drugs like RU-486 nearly 26 years ago, and in 2022 the agency loosened its safety protocols to make the drugs available by mail. But since becoming available by mail, we have heard stories about women who were coerced into taking abortion drugs or given the drugs secretly, without their consent.
The pro-life organization 40 Days for Life has produced a summary of some of those horror stories at 40daysforlife.com/scumbags.
Abortion drugs hurt women and kill unborn children. A recent study by the experts at the Ethics and Public Policy Center found abortion drugs are much more dangerous than policymakers previously thought.
That’s why Family Council has joined with other groups to oppose these dangerous drugs.
In May, Family Council sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas respectfully asking the office to enforce federal law as it applies to mail-order abortion drugs.
We have partnered with pro-life organizations in an amicus brief asking a federal court to block mail-order abortion drugs nationwide, and we joined a coalition of 83 state and national pro-life leaders urging acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to stop mail-order abortion drugs.
In June, we also launched a grassroots effort in Arkansas calling on the Trump administration and members of Congress to end former President Joe Biden’s dangerous mail-order abortion policies and restore the FDA’s safety protocols.
Pro-lifers can ask their members of Congress to oppose mail-order abortion drugs today by going to abortioncrimebymail.com
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