New Jersey has become the eighth jurisdiction to allow for terminally ill patients to end their own lives. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act on Friday, which will allow 'New Jersey adults to end their lives peacefully, with dignity, and at their own discretion
New Jersey has become the eighth jurisdiction to allow for terminally ill patients to end their own lives.
Other measures would require patients to make two requests and also give them the chance to rescind their request. Today’s bill signing will make NJ the eighth state to allow terminally ill patients the dignity to make their own end-of-life decisions – including medical aid in dying.
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