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New Jersey Legalizes Physician-Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
Editor

April 16, 2019

With the stroke of a pen, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) made it legal for terminally ill adults to end their lives with the help of their doctors.

Murphy signed the bill into law late last week and it will go into effect August 1.

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.

We must give these patients the humanity, respect, and compassion they deserve.https://t.co/iu2X7wOkDF pic.twitter.com/lY5nwXHPHk

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 12, 2019

The law will give terminally ill adults who have been given a prognosis of six months or less to live the option of taking a prescription drug cocktail that will end their lives, CNN reported.

Before receiving the life-ending medication, a psychiatrist or psychologist will be required to determine if the patient has the mental capacity to make such a grand decision.

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“Allowing residents with terminal illnesses to make end-of-life choices for themselves is the right thing to do,” Murphy said last week. “By signing this bill today, we are providing terminally ill patients and their families with the humanity, dignity, and respect that they so richly deserve at the most difficult times any of us will face.”

While New Jersey is the ninth jurisdiction to allow physician-assisted suicide, the law barely passed both chambers of the state Congress. Each chamber approved the proposal by a single vote.

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State Sen. Robert Singer (R) argued the legislation has “lasting ramifications and lots of loopholes,” adding, “We are so concerned about opioids, and not trusting doctors with opioids. But now we are willing to trust them with this.”

The other places that have approved physician-assisted suicide are California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Hawaii, Montana and Washington, D.C.

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