New Jersey – Compassion & Choices

Third Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses Complaint in New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying Case

lukej December 5, 2025 No Comments

Qualified terminally ill patients cannot access medical aid in dying without being residents of New Jersey Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices reacted Friday to a…

Remembering Reverend Gillian McAllister

lukej March 27, 2025 No Comments

Lifelong New Jerseyan Reverend Gillian McAllister, a nondenominational minister since the ‘90s, died on March 2, 2025 in Delaware. She was instrumental in passing the New Jersey medical aid-in-dying law,…

Compassion & Choices Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Federal Court Ruling on New Jersey’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Residency Mandate

lukej January 17, 2025 No Comments

Brief Argues Court’s Unwarranted Assumptions Led to Incorrect Ruling Compassion & Choices Friday filed the opening brief in its appeal of a federal judge’s September ruling upholding the residency requirement…

Compassion & Choices Appeals Federal Court Ruling Upholding New Jersey Medical Aid-in-Dying Residency Mandate

lukej October 17, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that upheld the residency requirement within New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. The appeal, filed on…

Compassion & Choices Apela Fallo de Tribunal Federal que Confirmó Mandato de Residencia de Nueva Jersey para Obtener Ayuda Médica para Morir

lukej October 17, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices apeló el fallo de un juez federal que confirmó el requisito de residencia dentro del Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act o Ley de…

Federal Judge Rules Residency Mandate in NJ Medical Aid-in-Dying Law is Constitutional

lukej September 18, 2024 No Comments

A federal judge Wednesday ruled the residency mandate in New Jersey’s medical aid-in-dying law does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal treatment. New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – New Jersey

lukej August 8, 2024 No Comments

New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

New Jersey Improvement Bill Summary

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

New Jersey Improvement Bill Summary Improving the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, A1880 The Legislation Would Improve New Jersey’s Existing Medical Aid in Dying…

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