State Cases – Compassion & Choices

Koskenoja v. Whitmer

October 23, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On October 23, 2025, Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, Perkins Coie LLP, and Mogill &…

At a Glance: On May 29, 2025, Compassion & Choices, along with If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and Irigonegaray & Revenaugh, filed Vernon v. Kobach, a lawsuit in Kansas state court challenging…

McComas v. Polis

May 23, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On May 22, 2025, Compassion & Choices filed McComas v. Polis, a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the residency requirement in Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act. The…

Richwine v. Matuszak

July 8, 2024 No Comments

In August 2023, the Indiana State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service issued a cease-and-desist order to Death Done Differently, LLC — a business offering death doula services run by…

Full Circle of Living and Dying v. Sanchez

March 1, 2024 No Comments

Amicus: Filed November 19, 2021 In November 2019, the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau ordered Full Circle of Living and Dying, a nonprofit educational consulting group of death doulas, to…

Kligler, et al. v. Healey, et al.

March 1, 2024 No Comments

Litigation: Filed October 24, 2016 Roger Kligler, a retired physician in Falmouth, Massachusetts, has lived with prostate cancer for two decades. As a doctor himself, Roger dealt firsthand with cancer…

Ahn, et al. v Hestrin

March 1, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices’ Legal Advocacy has fought tirelessly to protect California’s End of Life Option Act, which took effect on June 9, 2016. Just one day before the law was…

In the Matter of Romero

March 1, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices successfully represented Ana Romero, the widow of Juan Fernando Romero, when Juan’s family sued to take away Ana’s authority to make healthcare decisions for her husband. In…

Radcliffe v. Hawai‘i

March 1, 2024 No Comments

John Radcliffe, a resident of Honolulu, Hawai’i, was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. John wanted the option to receive a prescription for medical aid in dying in the event that…

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