In response to Assemblywoman Galef's letter ("Support the Medical Aid in Dying Act"), we should not forget what Derek Humphry, co-founder of the Hemlock Society (now "Compassion & Choices) said in his book: "...
Opponents of assisted suicide urge lawmakers to focus on improving access to quality palliative care and assisted living for the seriously ill, not assisted dying. This is especially relevant given the last 20 years of data out of Oregon showing that the top 5 reasons...
Proponents often argue that assisted suicide is necessary to prevent poor death experiences. However, there's much that can be done to improve access to hospice and improve the quality of hospice services available. Let's improve care at the end of life, not end the patient's...
The Aug. 1 law permitting terminally ill patients to end their lives was briefly put on hold during a legal skirmish in a suit brought by Yosef Glassman, a Bergen County physician. Dr. Glassman’s suit raises moral questions about how the public may be ensnared...
The Aug. 1 law permitting terminally ill patients to end their lives was briefly put on hold during a legal skirmish in a suit brought by Yosef Glassman, a Bergen County physician. Dr. Glassman’s suit raises moral questions about how the public may be ensnared...
An appeals court Tuesday overturned the restraining order that halted New Jersey’s “Aid in Dying” law, which enables terminally ill people to obtain a prescription and end their lives. Yosef Glassman, the physician in Englewood who challenged the law on religious and professional grounds, immediately filed...
As a practicing physician for many years, I disagree with Dr. Roger Kligler’s call for legalized assisted suicide (“Why doctors support the option of medical aid in dying,” My View, July 25). I support the long-standing position of the American Medical Association that assisted suicide is...
Opponents of assisted suicide warn that assisted suicide laws will eventually be expanded in the United States as they have in European countries and in Canada. We are already seeing attempts at expansion in the United States. For example, one of the supposed safeguards in...
New Jersey’s top court declined to overturn a judge’s order preventing implementation of the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, instead sending the matter to the Appellate Division for a ruling on whether the measure should be struck down. The Supreme Court said in an order Tuesday it...
New Jersey's attorney general is asking the state's top court to quickly overturn a judge's ruling that barred doctors from prescribing life-ending medication to terminally ill patients. The law, effective Aug. 1, was put on hold last week by a judge in Mercer County. On Friday, the...