Asbury Park Press oped by terminally ill Rumson resident Susan Boyce, “N.J. should pass overdue Aid in Dying bill,” Jan. 8, 2019 “When you have a terminal disease, every day is precious, so you spend your free time on the things that deeply matter to you. That’s why I have spent some of mine advocating…

Compassion & Choices today praised a new report by the New Jersey Governor’s Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care, noting that the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (A1504/S1072) would help achieve the council’s recommendations to improve end-of-life care for state residents. “A growing consensus is emerging across the nation about the importance of…

Compassion & Choices today released its second video in a digital video ad campaign featuring passionate advocates of New Jersey’s Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (A1504/S1072) urging the state Assembly and Senate to pass the bill before the end of year. Dec. 17 is the last scheduled voting day for the legislature….

The campaign to pass the New Jersey Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (A1504/S1072) is rapidly picking up momentum, but we cannot afford to rest on our laurels. In response to our grassroots volunteer lobbying campaign and favorable, plentiful news coverage during the last month (see summary at bottom of this blog post),…

Compassion & Choices today announced the launch of a sustained digital video ad campaign featuring terminally ill advocates and their loved ones urging New Jersey lawmakers to pass the Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Act (A1504/S1072) without delay after six years of debate on the issue. The end-of-life care advocacy group made the announcement…

Starting Sept. 27, when the New Jersey Assembly returns to Trenton for its first of 3 voting days before the end of the year, supporters of the “Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” (A1504/S1072) will gather in Trenton to demand that lawmakers bring the bill to the floor for a vote. The Assembly’s…

As C&C transitions its former model of local chapters into regional Action Teams, we acknowledge Fred Cohen, a chapter founder and president, whose devotion helped pave the path to New Jersey’s unstoppable momentum. With enough votes necessary to move their medical aid-in-dying bill out of Assembly in the coming days, Compassion & Choices looks back…

Compassion & Choices New Jersey and our dedicated team of volunteers are on the ground working hard to ensure that the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act passes in 2018. The bill was introduced in January 2018, and just a month later dozens of supporters presented over 500 petitions in support of the…

The New Jersey General Assembly Judiciary Committee today voted 5 to 2 to pass the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act (A.1504/S.1072), New Jersey’s proposed medical aid-in-dying legislation. Medical aid in dying gives mentally capable, terminally ill individuals with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option to request, obtain…