NJ To Become 8th State To Allow Assisted Suicide

NewJersey.com reports:

New Jersey is poised to become the eighth state to allow doctors to write a lethal prescription for terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. The state Assembly voted 41-33 with four abstentions Monday to pass the “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act.” Minutes later, the state Senate approved the bill 21-16.

Gov. Phil Murphy later issued a statement saying he would sign the measure into law. “Allowing terminally ill and dying residents the dignity to make end-of-life decisions according to their own consciences is the right thing to do,” the Democratic governor said. “I look forward to signing this legislation into law.”

Other states with “right to die” laws are California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Hawaii, and Washington. Montana’s law is currently being disputed.

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