Can I be the one to decide for myself what is "Dignified" or not for my method(s) of dying?
We shall find those answers and they will be posted to this post soon as we find out.
It appears as though New Jersey has JUST passed a new law that allows terminally ill patients to decide when they want to die and HOW they want to die. the ONLY question that I need to get answers to, is; can they create their OWN method(s) to kill themselves or not? If they CAN, then I can go there, and get into a trash can full of wet and dirty diapers, then wait for the trash truck to come and take the diapers and I to either the transfer station, then either the landfill or somewhere in the Hudson river!
The New Jersey Assembly passed its own version of Death with Dignity
today, modeled on Oregon's 20 year old legislation to allow a terminally
ill patient to choose the #timing and #mannerofdeath. The bill passed by a vote of 41-31 in the Assembly, and now heads to the state Senate for approval.
Assemblyman John Burzichelli has championed the bill over the last two years, quietly at first, and then with more urgency as the bill gained momentum. His sister-in-law, Claudia Burzichelli, testified in front of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee in favor of the bill, disclosing her own diagnosis of terminal lung cancer.
On his website, Burzichelli says, "Like society, medicine, palliative care and hospice services have changed dramatically since [a similar piece of legislation was introduced in 1978]. While there are many choices available right now that may be right for certain people, there is one more choice, not currently available, that deserves an honest discussion."
A companion bill awaits attention in the state Senate, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced his opposition to the bill.
- See more at: http://www.deathwithdignity.org/#sthash.QtEnExob.dpuf
See this exact article here:
http://www.deathwithdignity.org/
Assemblyman John Burzichelli has championed the bill over the last two years, quietly at first, and then with more urgency as the bill gained momentum. His sister-in-law, Claudia Burzichelli, testified in front of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee in favor of the bill, disclosing her own diagnosis of terminal lung cancer.
On his website, Burzichelli says, "Like society, medicine, palliative care and hospice services have changed dramatically since [a similar piece of legislation was introduced in 1978]. While there are many choices available right now that may be right for certain people, there is one more choice, not currently available, that deserves an honest discussion."
A companion bill awaits attention in the state Senate, but New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced his opposition to the bill.
- See more at: http://www.deathwithdignity.org/#sthash.QtEnExob.dpuf
See this exact article here:
http://www.deathwithdignity.org/
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