I needed to know that someone truly only had six months to live. So the concerns, again, people in certain communities who said, you know, they've had a lifelong disability or illness, A doctor has to say, you have six months to live, and that is it. That is what we're saying. One of the guardrails here in the state of New York, and this is for New Yorkers and any hospital, because of their religious beliefs, who does not want to offer. (39:10–39:14)
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Asserts that a medical prognosis of six months to live is required for medical aid in dying.
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