In new Jersey doctors may be allowed to prescribe terminally ill patients medication to painless departure from life.
A1504 bill has already passed the state Commission on health, social security and senior citizens. After a 1.5-hour debate, the members of the Commission voted for the bill 6 votes to 3. the debate was attended by the people of new Jersey, which could also speak.
Debra Dunn of Paramus, a few months watched as her husband who had pancreatic cancer terminal stage, endured «excruciating pain».
«Relieve her, nothing could. Several times he told me about his desire to die, ‘ said the woman. — Please have the courage to do what’s right for the people of new Jersey».
The bill applies to patients who were finally diagnosed with «incurable, irreversible and confirmed from the medical point of view, the disease that will interrupt a person’s life within 6 months». Note that the disability is incurable disease is not.
According to the authors of the bill to prevent abuses were introduced into it «balances». So, the person is given a 15-day waiting period. In addition, 2 of a doctor must confirm that the patient is of sound mind.
After the approval of the Committee the bill must pass through both houses of the state legislature (legislature) of the state, then gets on the table Governor Phil Murphy.
Laws on the right to death has already taken California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and the Washington (D. C.).
