In 2022, we praised our state’s 2019 Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act in the context of our colleague Anne Singer’s decision to end her life under the provisions of the Act. This compassionate law provides significant rights to residents of New Jersey. Death with dignity is another important choice that the U. S. Supreme Court left to the states. Glucksberg v. Washington (1997). Should this deeply personal option be available to residents of other states that do not have such laws?
In a federal country like ours we are used to different policies among states ranging from how many witnesses are required for a will to whether abortion or marijuana are legal. In 2019, New Jersey joined what are now 10 other states in reversing the ban on physician assisted suicide and legalizing death with dignity.
