NJ's 'medical aid-in-dying' law upheld by state Supreme Court
02/25/24 at 03:20 AM
NJ's 'medical aid-in-dying' law upheld by state Supreme Court
Public News Service, by Roz Brown; 2/13/24
After a five-year court battle, New Jersey's medical aid-in-dying law has been affirmed by the state's Supreme Court, which rejected an attempt to overturn the statute. Signed by the governor in 2019, the law was soon challenged by a physician based on religious, personal and constitutional grounds. It allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get a prescription they can use to end their lives.