New Jersey

Status of Medical Aid in Dying

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

On January 13, 2026, a bill to improve (S710) NJ’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act was introduced by Senators John Burzichelli and Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. The bill is assigned to the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.

New Jersey Death with Dignity is a 501c3 organization that provides services, education, and end-of-life advocacy

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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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New Jersey’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Law Back in Effect!
September 26, 2019

This has been a turbulent time for the residents of New Jersey. A New Jersey appellate court granted state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s request to overturn a temporary restraining order that had suspended the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act because although the state statute contains regulations, there are no administrative rules…

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Group Praises Ruling Overturning Suspension of NJ Aid-in-Dying Law
August 27, 2019

Compassion & Choices praised a New Jersey appellate court today for overturning a superior court’s temporary restraining order that had suspended the state’s new medical aid-in-dying law. The court’s ruling stated: “Having reviewed the record against the applicable law, we conclude the court abused its discretion in awarding preliminary injunctive relief…Accordingly, we dissolve the restraints…

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