On 01/21/2025, HB 5625 was introduced, that would authorize medical aid in dying in Connecticut. It was introduced by Reps. Josh Elliott and Jonathan Steinberg, and Sen. Martha Marx, and referred to the Joint Committee on Public Health.
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75% of Connecticut voters feel that allowing doctors to legally prescribe lethal drugs to help terminally ill patients end their own lives should be an end-of-life option in the state. See more polling data.
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…
Supporters of a Connecticut bill (HB 6425) that would allow the option of medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults pleaded with state lawmakers to pass the bill in 2021 to prevent any more residents from dying with needless suffering. They held an 8:15 am Zoom news conference to preview their testimony before the…
Compassion & Choices and its Connecticut supporters praised the state legislature’s Public Health Committee for reintroducing a bill that would authorize medical aid in dying as an option for terminally ill, mentally capable state residents to peacefully end unbearable suffering. The bill, An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients (H.B. 6425), is…
Compassion & Choices and its Connecticut supporters testified before the state legislature’s Joint Public Health Committee in support of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying in Connecticut. Medical aid in dying gives mentally capable, terminally ill individuals with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option to request, obtain and…
Compassion & Choices and its Connecticut supporters testified yesterday before the state legislature’s Joint Public Health Committee in support of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying in Connecticut. Medical aid in dying gives mentally capable, terminally ill individuals with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option to request, obtain…
Compassion & Choices is commemorating this week’s 24th anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act on Saturday, July 26, by releasing a video today saluting our volunteers living with disabilities. The video is available for viewing here and on Compassion & Choices’ YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/ADACelebration. “Compassion & Choices shares the goal of Americans with…
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