Long Island doctors, advocates and religious leaders offered split opinions Tuesday on the Senate’s passage of legislation allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives, with proponents insisting it provides dignity to New Yorkers in their final days while critics contend it undermines trust in the medical field.

The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which cleared the State Assembly in April, now heads to the desk of Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has given no indication whether she will sign or veto the measure. A spokeswoman said the governor, a Democrat, was reviewing the bill.

On Monday, the Democrat-controlled State Senate voted 35-27, largely along party lines, to make New York the 12th state to allow physician-assisted end-of-life care.

Six Democrats, including two from Long Island — Sen. Siela Bynoe of Westbury and Monica Martinez of Brentwood — joined Senate Republicans in voting against the measure.

Dr. Ani Bodoutchian, a family medicine physician in West Babylon, past president of the Suffolk County Medical Society and backer of the legislation, said she was "ecstatic" about the vote.

"Finally, people are going to have a choice," Bodoutchian said. "This issues was in the background for a long time. And the timing was right for it to come to fruition. This has been a long time coming."

But the New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide, which includes 12 state organizations, called the Senate's passage "a grave mistake for New York," arguing the bill includes no requirement that an individual seeking a lethal prescription first obtain a mental health evaluation.

"This is not compassionate care," the group said in a statement. "It is a policy that exploits fear, undermines trust in the medical profession, and opens the door to abuse and neglect."

The act, first introduced in Albany in 2016, would allow New Yorkers 18 or older with a medically confirmed terminal illness and who have six months or less to live to take a cocktail of life-ending pharmaceuticals from a physician.

Two doctors would have to confirm the prognosis. A candidate would have to be mentally competent to make an informed decision without being coerced and be able to self-administer and ingest the medication.

Corinne Carey, senior campaign director for New York and New Jersey at Compassion & Choices, said she's hopeful Hochul will sign the bill, which polls show has growing support.

"I trust that she will make the right decision and give New Yorkers — who overwhelmingly support this option from every side of the political spectrum — the right to autonomy at the end of life," Carey said. "Also, politically, I think it would be a wise move considering the strong poll numbers, and the list of organizations that are lined up in support."

The New York State Catholic Conference, the most outspoken opponent of the measure, said they expect Hochul to veto the measure.

"We reject the false notion that suicide is ever a solution," Dennis Poust, executive director of the Catholic Conference, said in a statement. "Instead, we call on New York State to expand palliative and hospice care, mental health services, and family caregiver support. We look forward to continuing to work with the governor on these priorities following her veto of this disastrous bill."

Dr. Ron Menzin of Westbury, a member and past president of the Nassau County Medical Society, was in the Senate gallery during Monday's debate and vote.

"Though ultimately only a small number of patients will use [Medical Aid in Dying] medications, knowing those with a terminal illness have an option to help impact their own death in a positive way, is both liberating and empowering," Menzin said. "And it opens up the opportunity to share with family and friends the concerns each of us have about one’s own death."

Yale Rosen, a retired pathologist from North Bellmore and supporter of the bill, called it "a gift to scores of terminally ill New Yorkers by giving them the option to terminate their lives peacefully when suffering becomes unbearable and surrounded by family and friends if they so wish. MAID is not a choice between life and death but rather a choice of the manner of death for people who are already dying as a result of their terminal illness."