The California End of Life Option Act went into effect on June 9, 2016. This compassionate option allows for an eligible terminally ill adult, with a prognosis of six months or less to live, to request and receive a prescription form their doctor that they can self-ingest to peacefully end their suffering.
SB 403, introduced by Senator Catherine Blakespear, seeks to make the End of Life Options Act a permanent law by removing the sunset provision that would expire the law on January 1, 2031. On April 29, SB 403 was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee and passed by a vote of 10-1 with 2 abstentions.
We will continue to work on reauthorizing this law, removing the sunset provision, and reducing barriers to access while ensuring safeguards remain intact.
The CDSS issued a notice to adult and senior care facilities about the End of Life Option Act. Residents who qualify for medical aid in dying living in assisted facilities and other adult or senior care facilities are able to take their medication in their home and can’t be evicted for choosing this option.
The 2017 data from the California Department of Public Health about the End of Life Option Act clearly demonstrates Compassion & Choices’ increasing success in educating both healthcare providers and the public about the law since the department’s 2016 report. Terminally ill Californians utilized the law about twice as much in 2017 as they did…
The following article appeared in USA Today on June 25, 2018: Debbie Gatzek Kratter, a California attorney with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, wants to die on her own terms. She’s had chemotherapy treatment, but at a point, it will stop working. She doesn’t know if she’ll be able to. Under current California law, Kratter will…
(Riverside, Calif.) A California appeals court today granted emergency motions by the two terminally ill adults and a physician represented by Compassion & Choices for an “automatic stay” to immediately suspend a lower court’s judgment invalidating the End of Life Option Act. The appeals court also granted a motion by Attorney General Xavier Becerra for…
(Riverside, Calif.) Un tribunal de apelaciones de California otorgó mociones de emergencia por parte de dos adultos que sufren de enfermedades terminales y un médico representados por Compassion & Choices a un “paro automático” para suspender de inmediato la sentencia de un tribunal inferior que invalida el End of Life Option Act o Ley de…
Since a California court granted a motion on May 15 to invalidate the End of Life Option Act and subsequently suspended the law on May 24, numerous state newspapers have published columns, editorials and op-eds in support of the law and opposing this unjustified ruling. These opinion pieces reflect the fact that polling shows more…
Compassion & Choices today launched bilingual videos featuring Mexican actor Mauricio Ochmann and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta urging Latinos in California to join them in defending the suspended End of Life Option Act they fought so hard to pass. Ten days ago on May 24, a California judge issued a judgment invalidating the law,…
Compassion & Choices lanzó hoy videos bilingües con el actor mexicano Mauricio Ochmann y la activista de derechos civiles Dolores Huerta instando a los latinos en California a unirse para defender la ley recién suspendida, End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida por la cual lucharon tanto. Hace 10…
Two terminally ill adults and a physician in California today filed a notice of appeal of a lower court’s decisions in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the California End of Life Option Act. The decisions include the rejection on Wednesday of a motion filed by a physician and two terminally ill adults urging the judge…
Un médico y dos adultos con enfermedades terminales de California, presentaron hoy un aviso de apelación sobre la decisión de un tribunal inferior en una demanda que busca revocar el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida de California. Las decisiones incluyen el rechazo del miércoles de una moción…
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