Law & Justice

A2270

This bill, which is designated as the “New Jersey Death with Dignity Act,” would allow an adult New Jersey resident, who has the capacity to make health care decisions and who has been determined by that individual’s attending and consulting physicians to be suffering from a terminal disease that will cause death within six months, to obtain medication that the patient may self-administer to end his life in a humane and dignified manner.

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  • Kathleen Class
    answered 2015-04-02 15:48:15 -0400
    Q: A2270
    A: Yes, I would like to co-sponsor this legislation
  • Pablo Figueroa
    commented 2014-12-21 19:54:45 -0500
    How come animals deserve to die humanely, but people have to die like animals? If people feel so strongly that animals shouldn’t suffer, then people should also have the option not to suffer.
  • Pablo Figueroa
    answered 2014-12-21 19:43:24 -0500
    Q: A2270
    A: Yes, I would like to co-sponsor this legislation
  • John Kovach
    answered 2014-12-15 09:30:35 -0500
    Q: A2270
    A: Yes, I would like to co-sponsor this legislation
  • John Kovach
    commented 2014-12-15 09:29:07 -0500
    I am currently a cancer survivor. Prior to my cancer diagnosis (January 2013) I had never had given much thought to this issue. However, now having gone through surgery and six (6) months of chemotherapy (and living day to day with the prospect the cancer may return) I feel strongly that if I were to receive a terminal diagnosis I would want this option available to me.