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.
New Jersey Death with Dignity is a 501c3 organization that provides services, education, and end-of-life advocacy
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.
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…
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…
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…
The New Jersey Law Journal praised State Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy for granting a motion on April 1 by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to dismiss a lawsuit, Glassman v. Grewal, seeking to overturn the state’s 2019 Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. The editorial, “Death with Dignity Act Decision Should…
A lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s medical aid-in-dying law on religious grounds is dismissed; we remain poised for the next challenge.
An excerpt from NJ.com, “There’s an urgent need for people to plan now how they want their life to end | Opinion,” by Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan, published April 17, 2020: There is an unprecedented urgent need for people to engage in informed, educated end-of-life care discussions. If more individuals take…
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…
Compassion & Choices elogio a un tribunal superior de Nueva Jersey que a última hora del miércoles otorgó una moción del Procurador General Estatal Gurbir Grewal para desestimar la demanda, Glassman v. Grewal, que busca revocar la ley del estado de 2019, que permite la ayuda médica para morir. La ley permite que los adultos…
An excerpt from The News Journal article, “Dying patients deserve to use NJ aid-in-dying law, state says in arguing against lawsuit,” published March 24, 2020: A doctor, pharmacist and cancer patient trying to overturn New Jersey’s aid-in-dying law are motivated by personal beliefs and their legal rights have not been violated, so their case…
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