There is almost no chance that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) vetoes New York state’s Senate- and Assembly-passed suicide bill. It won’t be entirely her fault.

To call the practice “physician-assisted suicide” is far from describing the proposed law too harshly. The Medical Aid in Dying Act permits assisted suicide for the terminally ill, in the form of a self-administered drug cocktail, and available under the condition that the patient has an estimated six months or less to live. There will be almost no waiting period, and there is little detail as to what qualifies the two referring physicians. The cause of death will be listed as the “underlying illness,” not the given drugs.