Stop Assisted Suicide S138 in NY Senate

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May 5, '25/  Achrei-Mos Kedoshim 5785

"Lo Sa'amod All Dam Rei'echa" (Kedoshim 19:16)

¶¶¶ Urgent Public Alert: ¶¶¶

Re: Stop Assisted Suicide S138 in NY Senate, ASAP

To All New Yorkers, and anyone else in contact with them:

Rav Shamshon R. Hirsch (d. 1888 CE) ZY"A taught us: The Truth never lost due to its opposition. The only times Truth has lost beyond recall were when its' advocates failed to properly articulate it and fight for it (see Collected Writings, vol.6, p.104).] One relevant example is lethal "Assisted Suicide" legislation, which preventably passed in NJ about seven years ago - by one single vote in each house of the Legislature.

Serving as a Shelucha DeRabbonon on this for many years, I ask you to publicize that in the wake of passage of Assisted Suicide by the NY  Assembly last week 81-67, we must unrelentingly fight it in the State Senate, where we have a fighting chance. This bill, S138, would enable doctors to give poison to "terminally" ill people who allegedly want to kill themselves.  This is state-sanctioned shefichus domim - downright murder. It would also invariably result in many others being killed as well 

Therefore, in line with the repeatedly published Psak (Rabbinical statement) against all forms of Assisted Suicide legislation (attached, and available on request - text 845-642-1679), which has been signed by a broad range of Gedolei Rabbonim, every voting-age New Yorker is urged to tell their own State Senator the following:

"Assisted Suicide is Assisted Murder, and that's what the legislators are supporting by allowing S138 to pass. Please vote and lobby against this barbaric bill."

For anyone who's senator is considering voting for this bill, please add:

"IF you would vote for this deadly bill, we will vote against you, even if you direct taxpayer money to our community organizations."

If you don't know who your legislators are, just call the NY Senate Switchboard: 518-455-2800, 9am-5pm.

Secondly, please urge all Democratic state senators not yet sponsoring this bill to oppose it (for a list, see below, or email TorahJewsForDecency@gmail.com) - since passage of this bill would ultimately result in the killing of many people who never wanted to die, including those incapable of making such decisions. 

Thirdly, urge all Republican state senators you can to actively expose the deceptive deadliness of this bill -- even according to the standards of those who support helping kill people who truly wish to kill themselves.

Do not be sidetracked by claims of various (flimsy) protections in the bill. All of them can be removed quietly within a few years. In fact, their presence in the bill actually makes it easier to pass it, R"L.

Now is the time to act decisively. The Orthodox Union, Agudath Israel, and Rabbinical Alliance of America all came out against this bill. All Orthodox leaders, advocates, and politicians need remember:

"יש קונה עולמו בשעה אחת"

עבודה זרה י"ז  --

Good Shabbos,

Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,

Executive Director,

Help Rescue Our Children

845.642.1679

Direct: 771.215.8892

Israeli Helpline: 03.721.3337

torahjewsfordecency@gmail.com

Tomim Tih'yeh [countering "New-Age" infiltration]: 

Tomim1679@gmail.com

Presentations on New-Age dangers: 605-313-6831 ext. 2

Heard weekly on New Jersey's WSNR Radio 620AM, co-hosting the renowned Levin At Eleven program, every Thursday evening, 11pm to midnight (ET).

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These are the 15 Democratic NY senators who (so far) have NOT co-sponsored s138:

Monica Martinez (Dist. 4)

martinez@nysenate.gov

518-455-2765

Siela A. Bynoe (Dist. 6)

Bynoe@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-3260

Toby Ann Stavisky (Dist. 11)

stavisky@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-3461

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Dist. 15)

addabbo@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-2322

John C. Liu (Dist. 16)

liu@nysenate.gov

518-455-2210

Roxanne J. Persaud (Dist. 19)

Persaud@nysenate.gov

518-455-2788

Kevin S. Parker (Dist. 21)

parker@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-2580

Andrew Gounardes (Dist. 26)

gounardes@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-3270

Brian Kavanagh (Dist. 27)

kavanagh@nysenate.gov

518-455-2625

Cordelle Cleare (Dist. 30)

cleare@nysenate.gov

518-455-2441

Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Dist. 35)

scousins@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-2585; (518) 455-2715

Jamaal Bailey (Dist. 36)

senatorjbailey@nysenate.gov

518-455-2061

Shelley Mayer (Dist. 37)

smayer@nysenate.gov

518-455-2031

Patricia Fahy (Dist. 46)

Fahy@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-2225

April Baskin (Dist. 63)

Baskin@nysenate.gov

(518) 455-2426

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For those so inclined, here's a list of all of the email addresses for the NY State Senate:

addabbo@nysenate.gov

ashby@nysenate.gov

bailey@nysenate.gov

borrello@nysenate.gov

brisport@nysenate.gov

brouk@nysenate.gov

bynoe@nysenate.gov

canzoneri@nysenate.gov

chan@nysenate.gov

cleare@nysenate.gov

comrie@nysenate.gov

cooney@nysenate.gov

fahy@nysenate.gov

fernandez@nysenate.gov

gallivan@nysenate.gov

gianaris@nysenate.gov

gonzalez@nysenate.gov

gounardes@nysenate.gov

griffo@nysenate.gov

harckham@nysenate.gov

helming@nysenate.gov

hinchey@nysenate.gov

hoylman@nysenate.gov

jackson@nysenate.gov

kavanagh@nysenate.gov

lkrueger@nysenate.gov

lanza@nysenate.gov

liu@nysenate.gov

baskin@nysenate.gov

martinez@nysenate.gov

martins@nysenate.gov

mattera@nysenate.gov

may@nysenate.gov

smayer@nysenate.gov

murray@nysenate.gov

myrie@nysenate.gov

oberacker@nysenate.gov

omara@nysenate.gov

ortt@nysenate.gov

palumbo@nysenate.gov

parker@nysenate.gov

persaud@nysenate.gov

ramos@nysenate.gov

rhoads@nysenate.gov

grivera@nysenate.gov

rolison@nysenate.gov

chrisryan@nysenate.gov

ryan@nysenate.gov

salazar@nysenate.gov

sanders@nysenate.gov

spanton@nysenate.gov

sepulveda@nysenate.gov

serrano@nysenate.gov

skoufis@nysenate.gov

stavisky@nysenate.gov

stec@nysenate.gov

scousins@nysenate.gov

tedisco@nysenate.gov

District22@nysenate.gov

walczyk@nysenate.gov

leawebb@nysenate.gov

weber@nysenate.gov

weik@nysenate.gov

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