New York is poised to become the twelfth state in the country to authorize medical aid in dying with a physician’s prescription for lethal medication to be self-administered by the patient. On June 9, 2025, the New York...more
7/18/2025
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A recent post on this blog previewed the issues raised in the case of Govatos v. Murphy related to the residency requirement in the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. ...more
Since being enacted in 2019, the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying Act has had a threshold condition on a patient’s request for medication under the Act: that they be an “adult resident of New Jersey.” The physician’s record...more