“This measure is about dignity,” Murphy said in a statement . “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 “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” would allow patients with six months or less to live to self-administer life-ending medication. New Jersey is poised to be the latest state in America to allow terminally ill people the right to end their own lives. The #NJ Assembly and Senate have passed the Medical #AidInDying for the Terminally Ill Act!

Source: Huffington Post March 26, 2019 01:07 UTC