Volunteering for Compassion & Choices in the nation’s capital comes with a unique set of responsibilities. Just ask Kamer Davis, a volunteer with the Federal Affairs program in Washington, D.C. A chance encounter with a C&C employee brought her onto the team, where she’s managed multiple projects on a communications and logistical level. Kamer has…

The District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the D.C. Death with Dignity Act, took effect Feb. 18 when opponents failed to get the support necessary in Congress to stop the bill from becoming law. The Death with Dignity Act was transmitted by the D.C. Council to the House and Senate on Jan. 6 for a…

The District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the D.C. Death with Dignity Act, will take effect tomorrow, Sat., Feb. 18, because opponents failed to get the support necessary in Congress to stop the bill from becoming law. The Death with Dignity Act was transmitted by the D.C. Council to the House and Senate on Jan….

Compassion & Choices blasted the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee tonight for voting 22-14 to advance a disapproval resolution, H.J. Res. 27, to overturn the D.C. Death with Dignity Act. The resolution will face a vote by the full House of Representatives this week. “We will work with our partners, advocates and D.C….

Today Compassion & Choices joined forces with DC Votes and 26 other national, regional and local groups in delivering a letter to the U.S.House of Representatives calling on Congress to respect the local autonomy of Washington DC and end the attacks on self-determination in governance. The letter is timely because House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason…

Compassion & Choices thanked D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser today for signing the D.C. Death with Dignity Act that would give mentally capable, terminally ill adults the option of medical aid in dying to end unbearable suffering. The D.C. Council approved the bill on Nov. 15 by a veto-proof 11-2 margin. “We are very grateful to…

The following media advisory was released by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office on November 16.  Norton to Defend D.C.’s ‘Death with Dignity Act’ from Congressional Interference Calls on Congress to Respect D.C. Autonomy WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will vigorously defend the District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the Death with…

(Washington, D.C. – Nov. 15, 2016) The District of Columbia is poised to become the seventh jurisdiction in the U.S. where medical aid in dying is authorized for terminally ill residents after the D.C Council passed the D.C. Death with Dignity Act by a veto-proof 11-2 margin. The vote follows recent enactment of similar laws…

(Washington, D.C. – Nov. 1, 2016) Advocates for the D.C. Death with Dignity Act praised the D.C. Council for approving the popular legislation today by a vote of 11-2, a veto proof margin. The bill will be placed on the agenda for a second and final vote at the next Council legislative meeting that takes…