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.
(Los Angeles, CA) Actors Anna Camp and Joe Lo Truglio, who starred in the feature film “Here Awhile,” have partnered with Compassion & Choices Action Network to launch videos today urging Californians to urge their lawmakers to support Senate Bill 380 to improve access to the End of Life Option Act and make it permanent….
This week, we saw some incredible victories: In Montana, on Monday, we struck down an egregious attempt to criminalize doctors for relieving their patients’ unbearable pain. In New Mexico, in partnership with the New Mexico End of Life Options Coalition, we’ve cleared legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying through the House. On Monday, it…
Compassion & Choices Action Network se unió hoy a legisladores de California en una conferencia de prensa virtual, para anunciar la presentación de un proyecto de ley que mejora el acceso al End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida de California y evitar que dicha ley tenga caducidad a…
Compassion & Choices Action Network today joined California lawmakers in a virtual news conference today to announce the introduction of a bill to improve access to the California End of Life Option Act and prevent it from expiring in a few years.
The End of Life Option Act took effect on June 9, 2016, authorizing the compassionate option of medical aid in dying for terminally ill, mentally capable adults to get a prescription they can take to end their life peacefully. The law included a sunset provision that would expire at the end of 2025 unless new legislation is passed.
The new bill to amend the law, Senate Bill (SB) 380, would remove regulatory roadblocks to access the law that impede or outright prevent hundreds of Californians each year from using medical aid in dying to peacefully end their suffering. Here is a fact sheet about SB 380.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to undermine California’s legal definition of ‘brain death’ as ‘death.’ In 2018, Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in the case, Jonee Fonseca et al v. Karen Smith et al, defending California’s legal definition…
La Corte de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito de Estados Unidos, afirmó la desestimación de una demanda en el Tribunal Inferior, que buscaba quebrantar la definición legal en California de “muerte cerebral” como “muerte”. En el 2018, Compassion & Choices presentó un amicus brief o escrito amicus en el caso Jonee Fonseca et al v. Karen…
Michael Saum always knew he was going to die from the massive tumor that invaded his brain. But he never imagined dying alone. Michael, 40, died August 6 at midnight at a rehab center in Southern California, where he lived for the last four years. In March, the facility was forced to shut their doors…
Compassion & Choices says that a new report on California’s law that allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults to use medical aid in dying to peacefully end their suffering shows that more people are using the law, but it needs to be easier to access. The California Department of Public Health released a report Tuesday…
As protests for racial justice in Portland continue and new images of the federal response emerge, I want to express my concern for the safety of the many Compassion & Choices staff, supporters, volunteers and allies who live there. Please know that we are thinking of you during this tumultuous time. As a mom myself,…
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