Robert Moffit, lifelong Staten Islander with ALS and Medical Aid in Dying Act advocate, dies
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Robert Moffit, a lifelong Staten Island resident who became an advocate for New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act, has died.
The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which counts Staten Island state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton as its prime co-sponsor, would allow mentally competent, terminally ill patients over the age of 18 the choice of self-administering prescribed life-ending medication. Only those with medically confirmed terminal illnesses and conditions who have fewer than six months to live would be able to request medical aid in dying. A person wouldn’t qualify for the measure, also commonly known as MAiD, solely because of age or disability, and there is no list of qualifying medical conditions. If passed, health care providers who didn’t wish to participate in the process could opt out without fear of retribution.
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