Senate Health Committee schedules 2nd Hearing on A2270/S382, Physician Assisted Suicide Bill in New Jersey

Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life

The Senate Health Committee has decided to hold a second hearing on Monday, December 15 at 11 a.m. on A2270/S382, the physician assisted suicide bill. At this time, it is not clear whether testimony will be limited to only invited guests as it was for yesterday's hearing. It does appear that a vote will take a place at the end of this hearing which will determine whether the bill will be released from committee or not.

At this time, it is critical that you do the following:

1. Please call and email members of the Senate Health Committee. Tell them to please vote No on Bill A2270/S382. Please do this even if you have done so before. Their contact information is at the bottom of this email. You can obtain talking points by going to our website and reading the various articles you will find there.

2. Please continue to email and call your own State Senator and urge them to vote No on A2270/S382. You can send a prewritten message to your Senator by going to the Action alert on the legislative tab on our website, www.njrtl.org and follow the instructions. Please do this even if you have done so before.

3. Please plan to come down to the State House to be a presence on Monday, December 15. Please email us at feedback@njrtl.org for details. Please include your name and contact info in the email.

4. Please share this alert with friends, family and those in your parish community.

Thank you for taking action to stop assisted suicide in NJ.


Members of the Senate Health Committee

Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Chair (D)
569 Rahway Ave.
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
(732) 855-7441 (732) 855-7441
SenVitale@njleg.org

Senator Fred H. Madden, Vice-Chair (D)
129 Johnson Road, Suite 1
Turnersville, NJ 08012
(856) 232-6700
SenMadden@njleg.org

Senator Richard J. Codey (D)
66 W. Mount Pleasant Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 535-5017 (973) 535-5017
SenCodey@njleg.org

Senator Robert M. Gordon (D)
14-25 Plaza Rd., P.O. Box 398
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
(201) 703-9779 (201) 703-9779
SenGordon@njleg.org

Senator Ronald L. Rice (D)
1044 South Orange Ave.,
Newark, NJ 07106
(973) 371-5665 (973) 371-5665
SenRice@njleg.org

Senator Jim Whelan (D)
511 Tilton Rd.
Northfield, NJ 08225
(609) 383-1388 (609) 383-1388
SenWhelan@njleg.org

Senator Dawn Marie Addiego, (R)
76 Route 70, Suite 13
Medford, NJ 08055
(609) 654-1498 (609) 654-1498
SenAddiego@njleg.org

Senator Diane B. Allen, (R)
504 Route 130 North, Suite 100
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
(856) 314-8835 (856) 314-8835
SenAllen@njleg.org

Senator Robert W. Singer (R)
1771 Madison Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 987-5669 (732) 987-5669
SenSinger@njleg.org

CHAIR OF NEW JERSEY'S SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE SCHEDULES A2270/S382 FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.

Limits Testimony to "Invited" Guests‏

From Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life

The Physician Assisted Suicide bill has been scheduled for a hearing for discussion purposes only on Monday, December 8th at 1 p.m. before the Senate Health Committee. The Chair of the Committee, Senator Vitale, issued a notice yesterday stating that only invited guests would be allowed to testify. This is an obvious effort to shut out the powerful voices of opposition on this issue.

At this time, we are asking you to do the following:

1. Even though the bill has been scheduled for discussion purposes only this time, you should call and email members of the Senate Health Committee. Tell them to please vote No on Bill A2270/S382. Their contact information is below.

2. Contact your own State Senator and urge them to vote No on A2270/S382. You can send a pre-written message to your Senator by going to the Action alert using this link.

3. Please plan to come down to the State House to be a presence on Monday, December 8. We will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the State House Cafeteria. We will have stickers on hand that identify our opposition to the bill.

Thank you for taking action to stop assisted suicide in NJ.

Members of the Senate Health Committee

Senator Joseph F. Vitale, Chair (D)
569 Rahway Ave.
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
(732) 855-7441 (732) 855-7441
SenVitale@njleg.org


Senator Fred H. Madden, Vice-Chair (D)
129 Johnson Road, Suite 1
Turnersville, NJ 08012
(856) 232-6700 (856) 232-6700
SenMadden@njleg.org


Senator Richard J. Codey (D)
66 W. Mount Pleasant Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 535-5017 (973) 535-5017
SenCodey@njleg.org


Senator Robert M. Gordon (D)
14-25 Plaza Rd., P.O. Box 398
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
(201) 703-9779 (201) 703-9779
SenGordon@njleg.org


Senator Ronald L. Rice (D)
1044 South Orange Ave.,
Newark, NJ 07106
(973) 371-5665 (973) 371-5665
SenRice@njleg.org


Senator Jim Whelan (D)
511 Tilton Rd.
Northfield, NJ 08225
(609) 383-1388 (609) 383-1388
SenWhelan@njleg.org


Senator Dawn Marie Addiego, (R)
76 Route 70, Suite 13
Medford, NJ 08055
(609) 654-1498 (609) 654-1498
SenAddiego@njleg.org


Senator Diane B. Allen, (R)
504 Route 130 North, Suite 100
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
(856) 314-8835 (856) 314-8835
SenAllen@njleg.org


Senator Robert W. Singer (R)
1771 Madison Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 987-5669 (732) 987-5669
SenSinger@njleg.org

Urgent - We need your help to keep this ad on the Air!‏

Marie Tasy, Executive Director 
New Jersey Right to Life

As you may remember, the Democratic leadership in the Assembly scheduled Bill A 2270, the Physician Assisted Suicide Bill, for a vote last June. Thanks to your efforts, support for the bill fell a few votes short so the sponsor pulled the bill from the Board list at the end of a long session day.  Due to the recent publicity surrounding the tragic death of Brittany Maynard, forces who exploited her are now gearing up to try to get the NJ bill passed  before the end of the year.  The bill could get voted on as early as Thursday, November 13.    We are currently running a 60 second ad on 101.FM radio to ask listeners to call their legislators to vote No on A2270.

To hear the ad, click on the link here, then enter password: nopas.

We would like to keep this ad running through the end of this week and next week to have the maximum impact, but the ads are very costly and we cannot do this without your help.    Can you help us keep this ad on the air by making a contribution now?  You can call our office at 732 562 0562 to make a credit card contribution over the phone or you can make a contribution through our website here.

We wish to thank NJ Physicians Dr. Ana Gomes and Dr. Matthew Suh for taking time from their very busy schedules to lend their powerful voices to the ad. 

Please help us defeat this terribly flawed and misguided bill.  Please act Now!   Thank you. 

To find out more about this issue, please visit our website and legislative action center at www.njrtl.org