Medical aid in dying is currently authorized in Hawai‘i. Legislation to improve the Our Care, Our Choice Act (OCOCA) passed and was signed by Governor Josh Green on June 2, 2023. Read about the improvements here.
Hawaiʻi End of Life Options empowers terminally ill residents seeking medical aid in dying (MAID) to approach their death in a manner that aligns with their wishes and values.
They educate patients and providers, connect people to resources, and provide navigation and support related to the Our Care, Our Choice Act.
Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing and Compassion & Choices filed suit on Wednesday on behalf of a Hawai‘i resident with terminal cancer, John Radcliffe, and a physician asserting the Hawai‘i constitution and existing state law allow the practice of medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying gives mentally competent, terminally ill adults the option…
By former Governors George Ariyoshi, John Waihee, Benjamin Cayetano and Neil Abercrombie As governors of the state of Hawai‘i, we haven’t agreed on everything. But, as we watch the national effort to make medical aid in dying a legal practice, we do agree on this: A terminally ill person should be able to choose to…
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