(Olympia, WA)  Compassion & Choices Action Network and End of Life Washington praised the Washington House of Representatives for passing ESHB 1141, the Improving Access to Death with Dignity Act. The bipartisan vote was 58-37. The bill is sponsored by Reps. Skyler Rude (R-16th District), Nicole Macri (D- 43rd District) and 14 other cosponsors. The…

(Olympia, WA)  Compassion & Choices Action Network and End of Life Washington expressed disappointment that the Washington Senate failed to advance ESHB1141, the Improving Access to Death with Dignity Act. The bill did not receive debate or a vote in the full Senate, despite the House previously passing the bill on February 25 with a bipartisan…

As an experienced emergency-medicine physician, I believe we should do everything we can to avoid deaths filled with suffering and fear. For those terminally ill patients who can qualify, our state’s Death with Dignity law allows them the option to face death on their own terms… That’s why I support HB 1141, now before the…

(Olympia, WA)  Compassion & Choices Action Network and End of Life Washington applauded today’s vote by the Washington Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care to approve HB1141, the Improving Access to Death with Dignity Act. The vote was 7-5. The bipartisan bill is sponsored by Reps. Skyler Rude (R) and Nicole Macri (D). The…

(Olympia, WA) Compassion & Choices Action Network and End of Life Washington today urged members of the Washington Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care to approve HB1141, the Improving Access to Death with Dignity Act. The committee held a hearing today on the legislation, taking testimony from Compassion & Choices Action Network President…

(Olympia, WA — Jan. 18, 2021) Compassion & Choices Action Network and End of Life Washington today urged members of the Washington House Committee on Health Care & Wellness to approve HB1141, the Improving Access to Death with Dignity Act.  On Monday January 18, the committee held a hearing on HB1141, taking testimony from Compassion…

Compassion & Choices CEO Kim Callinan was featured in a recent article in the online publication Seattle Post Alley. Reporter and columnist Floyd McKay examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected access to medical aid in dying, palliative and hospice care and other end-of-life options: “We may be entering a new chapter of the ‘Good…

Legislators in the state of Washington approved two bills in the 2020 session to expand access under the state’s Death with Dignity Act, the law that authorizes the end-of-life care option of medical aid in dying. Compassion & Choices supported both pieces of legislation, House Bill 1608 and House Bill 2419, and testified in support…

This January, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights created the “Conscience and Religious Freedom Division.” Its aim is to protect healthcare providers who object to certain procedures on religious or moral grounds. This is a monumental threat to the end-of-life choice movement and patient-centered care.