New York Republican Party Chair Ed Cox has criticized Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to sign legislation allowing physician-assisted suicide in New York. The announcement follows confirmation from Hochul that she will approve the bill passed by Democratic lawmakers in Albany.
Cox stated, “Governor Hochul’s decision to sign the assisted suicide bill is a profound moral failure. At a moment when New Yorkers are struggling with isolation and mental health crises, she is choosing to tell the most vulnerable among us that their lives are expendable.”
He added, “This is not compassion, it’s abandonment. True leadership defends life, dignity and hope, even when it’s hard.”
Cox also expressed support for Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as an alternative leader for New Yorkers: “New Yorkers have a clear moral alternative in Elise Stefanik, a leader who believes every life has value and who will fight relentlessly for families, the disabled and the voiceless. The contrast could not be clearer.”
Kathy Hochul has served as governor of New York since 2021 and is the state’s first female governor. She is affiliated with the Democratic Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul).
