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New Jersey Supreme Court expands right to die rulings
The New Jersey Supreme Court broadened the right to die for patients on life support, allowing relatives or close friends to disconnect life-sustaining treatment in irreversibly vegetative cases and prioritizing patient self determination over state interests. It upheld a competent person's wish to withhold treatment, even with limited life expectancy, and cited Quinlan and Conroy precedents. Farrell, a competent patient with ALS, died last summer. she was paralyzed and unable to swallow.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey Supreme Court
Nancy Ellen Jones
Hilda Peter
Kathleen Farrell
Peter
Farrell
Karen Ann Quinlan
Claire C. Conroy
Lou Gehrig
South Toms River