Compassion & Choices Action Network is proud to share that due to our decade of relentless advocacy in Delaware, House Bill 140, authorizing medical aid in dying, has been signed into law May 20, 2025, by Governor Matt Meyer. This makes Delaware the 12th U.S. jurisdiction to affirm the rights of terminally ill adults to die peacefully on their own terms. The law cannot be utilized until the regulations are completed by the State Department of Health and Social Services or January 1, 2026, whichever comes first. Read more about the law here.
Victory in Delaware! Delaware is now the 12th jurisdiction to authorize medical aid in dying.
By a two-to-one margin, Delaware residents 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. Read the Delaware polling memo.
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