New Jersey Doctors can't provide Assisted Suicide to out-of-state patients

PHILADELPHIA (CN) — A New Jersey doctor can’t offer suicide services to terminally ill patients living outside the Garden State, a Third Circuit appeals panel ruled on Friday.

The decision comes after New Jersey physician Dr. Paul Bryman carried on a fight to offer the practice to out-of-state patients.

In a news release Friday, Bryman lamented the court’s decision.

“I am deeply disappointed by today’s ruling,” Bryman said. “Terminal patients outside New Jersey should have the option of medical aid in dying without having to travel long distances.”

In 2019, New Jersey enacted the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, legalizing physician-assisted suicide via pills for terminally ill patients.

The law contains several stipulations. The patient must have a prognosis of six months or fewer to live, and they must live in New Jersey.

New Jersey AG Investigates Group Accused of Trying to Harvest Organs from Patient Showing Signs of Life

Candace Hathaway, 12/03/25

'We're never really giving patients a chance.'

The New Jersey attorney general's office confirmed to Blaze News that it has launched an investigation into the NJ Sharing Network, an organ procurement organization, after nearly a dozen whistleblowers accused the group of numerous offenses, including allegedly covering up an attempted organ recovery from a patient who showed signs of life.

The NJ Sharing Network, a tax-exempt organization, was also accused of fraudulently billing Medicare, skipping hundreds of patients on the wait list, harvesting organs without appropriate consent, operating a fraudulent taxpayer-funded research program, and creating a culture of fear and retaliation.

'The only way patients will be protected is when law enforcement gets involved and prosecutes criminal activity.'