On January 16, 2025, the End of Life Options Act (S.1486/H.2505) was introduced for the 2025-2026 legislative session by Senator Jo Comerford, Representative Jim O’Day and Representative Ted Philips.
On April 2, S.1486/H.2505: An Act Relative to End of Life Options was heard by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health. The committee has set a deadline of June 1 to move the bill.
While we wait, we ask that advocates in Massachusetts use the link below to email their legislators and ask them to co-sponsor this session’s bills.
The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act would authorize medical aid in dying in Massachusetts, bringing the full range of end-of-life care options to terminally ill Massachusetts residents. Email your lawmakers today and urge them to cosponsor the bill.
Defensores por todo Massachusetts se manifestaron a favor de la medida y muchos de ellos compartieron historias profundamente personales.
Advocates across Massachusetts spoke in support of the legislation, many sharing deeply personal stories.
Compassion & Choices Action Network Massachusetts y voluntarios del End of Life Options Coalition MA., hicieron un llamado a legisladores de Massachusetts para que se autorice el End of Life Options Act (S1486/H2505).
A statewide poll of 1,018 Massachusetts voters conducted by Beacon Research in March, 2023 showed that sizable majorities of every demographic group favor legalization. Nearly three out of four Massachusetts voters (73%) support the End of Life Options Act and nearly eight out of ten voters (79%) support the bill after they learn about its safeguards.
Compassion & Choices Action Network elogió hoy a legisladores de Massachusetts por volver a presentar el End of Life Options Act e hizo un llamado a la Legislatura para que se apruebe la medida que cuenta con un amplio apoyo para evitar que más residentes de Massachusetts con enfermedades terminales tengan que sufrir innecesariamente, o que no puedan tener plena autonomía sobre su muerte.
Compassion & Choices Action Network today praised Massachusetts lawmakers for re-introducing the End of Life Options Act (SD 1665/HD 2540) and urged the Legislature to pass the widely supported bill to prevent any more terminally ill residents from needlessly suffering or not having full autonomy over their death.
Terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who have died with unbearable suffering praised the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing for approving the End of Life Options Act (S.1331/H.2246) and referring the bill to the Senate Ways and Means Committee last Thursday. The bill’s approval follows bill supporters’ riveting testimony at the Legislature’s Public Health…
Pacientes con enfermedades terminales y cuidadores de seres queridos que han muerto con un sufrimiento insoportable, elogiaron al Joint Committee on Health Care Financing por aprobar el End-of-Life Options Act (S.1331/H.2246) o Medida Opciones para el Fin de Vida, y por pasar la medida al Senate Ways and Means Committee el jueves pasado. La aprobación…
Terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who have died with unbearable suffering praised the Joint Committee on Public Health (JPH) for approving the End of Life Options Act (S.1331/ H.2246) Wednesday afternoon. The bill’s approval follows bill supporters’ riveting testimony at a JPH hearing last October. Sponsored by Senator Jo Comerford, Representatives James O’Day, and Ted Philips, and cosponsored by 84…
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