The article linked below published on The FREEPRESS on June 15, 2025, was first published by and written for UnHerd, May 14, 2025:
In The FREEPRESS article linked below, Madeline Kearns, a reporter who has previously covered assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation, provides a compelling introduction to New York’s challenging situation, and Dovie Eisner. Presently in hospital fighting for his life, the 34-year-old New Yorker who initially urged the New York Senate to reject S 138, now calls upon Governor Hochul to veto what many are calling the worst law of its kind.
In her preface, Kearns writes:
“In my reporting on the subject, I have spoken to people with devastating diagnoses who long for greater agency at the end of life. I have also spoken to others with severe medical conditions who fear a world in which euthanasia is seen as a treatment option by doctors. But my thinking about this topic has been profoundly shaped by one person in particular: my friend Dovie, a 34-year-old New Yorker who lives with a life-altering, and sometimes life-threatening, condition called nemaline myopathy.”
In case you missed it, Dovie’s article below is a must-read reflection.
By Dovie Eisner
I’m a Disabled New Yorker. I Hope the Governor Vetoes Medical Aid in Dying.

Photo Credit: The Federalist.
“I was alive — thanks to the determination of law enforcers and local medical personnel to keep me that way.” – Dovie Eisner

