New Jersey

Status of Medical Aid in Dying

Medical aid in dying was enacted in New Jersey on August 1, 2019.

On January 9, 2024, Assemblymember Herb Conaway introduced Bill A1880, which waives or reduces the waiting period between requests if the person is not expected to survive that time frame. The bill was referred to the Assembly Health Committee. A summary of the bill can be found here.

Threats to the law: A407, aimed at repealing the Medical Aid in Dying Act and A406, which makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medical aid in dying or forge a patient’s request for medical aid in dying were both introduced this session but neither have moved in committee.

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By more than a 2-to-one margin (63% to 29%) of New Jersey residents feel that allowing doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to help terminally ill patients end their own lives should be an end-of-life option in the state. See more polling data.

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New Jersey Reports 12 State Residents Used Aid-in-Dying Law in 2019
August 3, 2020

The New Jersey Department of Health reported late Friday afternoon that 12 terminally ill state residents used the state’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act to peacefully end their suffering during the first five months since the law was implemented on Aug. 1, 2019, thru Dec. 31, 2019. Since the law took…

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Se Adoptan Políticas de Apoyo al Paciente en 42 Instalaciones de Cuidados Médicos al Aproximarse Primer Aniversario de Ley de Ayuda Médica para Morir de Nueva Jersey
July 30, 2020

Dos días antes del primer aniversario del Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act o Ley Ayuda Médica para Morir Para Enfermos Terminales de Nueva Jersey, Compassion & Choices informa que 42 centros médicos grandes, así como hospitales y centros de cuidados paliativos u hospicios como se le conoce en Estados Unidos, han…

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As 1st Anniversary of NJ Medical Aid-in-Dying Law Nears, 42 Healthcare Facilities Have Adopted Patient-Supportive Policies
July 30, 2020

Two days before the 1st anniversary of New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, Compassion & Choices reports that 42 large medical centers, hospitals, and hospices across the state have adopted policies allowing their doctors to offer this peaceful dying option to terminally ill patients who request it. The nonprofit, end-of-life…

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NJ Court Dismisses Suit Seeking to Overturn Aid-in-Dying Law
April 1, 2020

Compassion & Choices praised a New Jersey superior court that late Wednesday granted a motion by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to dismiss a lawsuit, Glassman v. Grewal, seeking to overturn the state’s 2019 medical aid-in-dying law.  The law allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get a…

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