Delaware Woman, Doctor, File Lawsuit Over New Jersey’s Assisted Suicide Residency Requirement
If the plaintiffs win, access could be greatly expanded to those living outside The Garden State.

A Delaware woman and a physician filed an appeal with the Third Circuit Court in a lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s residency requirement for assisted suicide — indicating a likely legal battle over whether a state can prevent its doctors from helping their out-of-state patients die.
The appeal was filed on behalf of a Delaware woman with stage-4 lymphoma, Judy Govatos, and a New Jersey-based physician, Dr. Paul Bryman, by a nonprofit group called Compassion & Choices. They argue that the residency rules violate the Constitution by preventing patients from accessing the procedure and by denying doctors the ability to provide it to their patients.
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