Case Type: Supreme Court

Gonzales v. Oregon

The State of Oregon, a physician, a pharmacist, and terminally ill patients argued against the Interpretive Rule. Compassion & Choices’ predecessor, Compassion in Dying, joined as Intervenors. Lee v. Oregon would…
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Washington v. Glucksberg & Vacco v. Quill

Compassion in Dying (the predecessor of Compassion & Choices) sponsored these cases that sought to recognize and protect under the U.S. Constitution the right of terminally ill, mentally competent adults…
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Ruan v. United States

At a Glance: Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in the consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases Ruan v. United States and Kahn v. United States on December 21, 2021. The case concerned whether doctors…
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Zubik v. Burwell

A U.S. Supreme Court case claiming the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage insurance requirement violates religious freedom could impair end-of-life care for millions of Americans, asserts a friend-of-court brief filed…
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