New Jersey Assembly Approves Doctor-Assisted Suicide

By Alan with comments February 9, 2013 14:14

It passed 7-2 with 2 abstentions.

The Death with Dignity Act would allow terminally ill patients to be prescribed medication that would end their lives.

Under the measure, the lethal medication would only be made available to patients who are told by two doctors that they have six months or less to live.