Group 4 Death, Abortion, and Animal Welfare

A WHOLE-BRAIN-ORIENTED
California requires a
“reasonably brief” delay in
pronouncing death in order
for family or next of kin to
gather.
Illinois unclearly mandates
that the patient's religious
beliefs regarding the timing
of their death be taken into
account.
DEFINITION OF DEATH
New York requires that
hospitals make “reasonable
accommodation” to an
individual’s religious or
moral objections to the use
of the brain death standard.
In New Jersey, death is
based on whole-brain criteria
unless the individual had
executed a document
expressing a religious
objection to the use of the
whole-brain death concept.