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.
An improvement bill, SB 380, took effect in 2022. The Department of Public Health’s annual data report showed there was a 47% increase in Californians who used the law in 2022, increasing access to the law exactly as intended.
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.
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…
A Riverside Superior Court rejected a motion filed by Compassion & Choices on behalf of a physician and two terminally ill adults urging the judge to “vacate” (i.e., cancel) his judgment last week invalidating the End of Life Option Act. However, the court judge, Daniel A. Ottolia, scheduled a hearing on June 29 to consider…
Un Tribunal Superior de Riverside rechazó una moción presentada por Compassion & Choices en nombre de un médico y dos adultos con enfermedades terminales instando al juez a “anular” (es decir, cancelar) su juicio la semana pasada invalidando el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida. Sin embargo, el…
A Riverside County judge declared California’s landmark End of Life Option Act unconstitutional, rendering the law inaccessible. Compassion & Choices is working nonstop to restore it. Last Thursday, May 24, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia filed a judgment in the two-year-old lawsuit Ahn vs. Hestrin seeking to overturn the California End of…
Compassion & Choices urges the California attorney general to immediately file an appeal with a state appellate court to suspend a lower court judgment today invalidating the End of Life Option Act. Appealing the ruling filed last night by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia would preserve access to the law until the…
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