You will find here all the information you need to better understand the issues surrounding assisted suicide and euthanasia in New Jersey State, USA.
May 7, 2019 ASSISTED SUICIDE IS LEGAL, BUT KEY MEDICAL SOCIETY STILL OPPOSED IT
With a New Jersey law set to take effect in August allowing terminally ill residents to end their lives with medical help, doctors belonging to the state’s largest medical organization voted not to end the group’s formal opposition to assisted suicide.But delegates at the Medical Society of New Jersey’s annual conference did adopt a set of guidelines to help doctors decide whether to write lethal prescriptions under the new law.
April 12, 2019 GOV. MURPHY SIGNS N.J. EUTHANASIA BILL
Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Medical Aid in Dying bill, making New Jersey the eighth state to allow terminally ill patients to request prescriptions from their doctors for medication to end their lives. It goes effective on August 1, 2019.
March 24, 2019 IT’S TOO RISKY FOR NEW JERSEY TO LEGALIZE ASSISTED SUICIDE, GROUP OF DOCTORS SAY
After the “Aid in Dying” bill was voted by the Senate permitting doctors in New Jersey to legally write prescriptions to enable terminally ill patients to end their lives, a group of doctors stood up to show the risk of the bill.
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