New York is the latest state to legalize medical aid in dying. Stephen Dubner speaks with the governor who signed the law, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, a death doula — and an ethicist who thinks the very idea is wrong.
  
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 <li>SOURCES:
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 <li><a href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/about-governor-hochul" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kathy Hochul</a>, governor of New York.</li>
 <li><a href="https://doulagivers.com/meet-suzanne/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Suzanne O'Brien</a>, death doula, founder of Doulagivers Institute.</li>
 <li><a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~alroth/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Al Roth</a>, economist at Stanford University.</li>
 <li><a href="https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TpfuAAC/daniel-p-sulmasy-phd" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daniel Sulmasy</a>, physician, philosopher, director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University.</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>RESOURCES:
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 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/4ek4g8A" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moral Economics: From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work</a>, by Al Roth (2026).</li>
 <li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/nyregion/assisted-suicide-medical-aid-in-dying.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms</a>," by Grace Ashford (New York Times, 2025).</li>
 <li><a href="https://amzn.to/44fxsJm" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One through the End of Life</a>, by Suzanne O'Brien (2025).</li>
 <li><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691140971/the-future-of-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia</a>, by Neil Gorsuch (2009).</li>
 </ul></li>
</ul>
 
<ul>
 <li>EXTRAS:
 <ul>
 <li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/make-me-a-match-update/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Make Me a Match (Update)</a>," by Freakonomics Radio (2023).</li>
 </ul></li>
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