'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,' New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is prepared to sign legislation that would give terminally ill patients access to life-ending medication as the state looks to join other U.S. states that allow patients the right to decide how and when they want to die.
In New Jersey, the Death with Dignity legislation would allow adults who have been told they have no more than six months to live to request life-ending medication. To be eligible, patients would need to have their prognosis confirmed by a second physician. If approved, they would then face a 15-day waiting period, as well as an evaluation to determine that they are capable of making decisions on their own behalf.
In New Jersey, Assemblyman John Burzichelli, who co-sponsored the bill, has been pushing for Death with Dignity legislation for years, with the lawmaker first introducing it in 2012. New Jersey Catholic leaders have been firm in their opposition to the legislation, with a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Newark, which has not immediately responded to a request for comment from Newsweek, telling the Catholic News Agency that"assisted suicide promotes neither free choice, nor compassion."
"Modeled after the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act, this bill honors the will of the dying, yet protects the rights of physicians, hospice and social workers who personally object to it by allowing them to refuse to participate in the law," Pasik wrote in the opinion piece, published by The Star-Ledger.
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