{"id":9553,"date":"2019-09-20T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T02:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9553"},"modified":"2019-09-20T19:38:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T02:38:43","slug":"new-jersey-assisted-suicide-law-and-freedom-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9553","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey assisted suicide law and freedom of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lack of clarity on referral&nbsp; is unsatisfactory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Sean Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Sean_Murphy\">*<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey&#8217;s <em>Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/commentary\/legal001.aspx\">1<\/a> came into effect on 1 August, 2019.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/commentary\/legal096.aspx#002.\">2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Act<\/em> permits physician assisted  suicide for any resident of New Jersey who is 18 years of age or over,  who can make and communicate informed health care decisions, who has  been diagnosed with a terminal illness and who is likely to die within  six months. Physicians assist by providing a prescription for lethal  medication.&nbsp; The patient must make two oral requests for the medication  15 days apart, and a written request.&nbsp; Two physicians must agree that  the patient is decisionally competent and meets the medical criteria.&nbsp;  Additional consultation is required if there is concern about  psychological or psychiatric conditions that may impair a patient&#8217;s  judgement.&nbsp; . .[<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/commentary\/legal096.aspx\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of clarity on referral&nbsp; is unsatisfactory Sean Murphy* Overview New Jersey&#8217;s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act1 came into effect on 1 August, 2019.2 The Act permits physician assisted suicide for any resident of New Jersey who is 18 years of age or over, who can make and communicate informed health &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9553\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Jersey assisted suicide law and freedom of conscience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,8,36,28],"tags":[1450],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-legal-commentary","category-essays","category-usa","tag-new-jersey"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>New Jersey assisted suicide law and freedom of conscience - 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