Massachusetts

Status of Medical Aid in Dying

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.

While we wait for the bill to be assigned to a committee, 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.

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Personas con Enfermedades Terminales y Cuidadores Ofrecen Poderoso Testimonio en Audiencia sobre el End of Life Options Act
October 23, 2023

Varias decenas de personas con enfermedades terminales y cuidadores de seres queridos que han muerto con un sufrimiento insoportable, brindaron un poderoso testimonio en una audiencia el viernes  ante el Joint Committee on Public Health, donde hacen un llamado a la legislatura estatal para que aprueben el End of Life Options Act o Medida Opciones para el…

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Terminally Ill Patients, Caregivers Share Riveting Testimony at Hearing on End of Life Options Act
October 20, 2023

Dozens of terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who died with unbearable suffering testified at a Friday hearing before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health to urge the state Legislature to pass the End of Life Options Act (H.2246/S.1331). Sponsored by Senator Jo Comerford and Representatives James O’Day and Ted Philips, and cosponsored by 80 other lawmakers, the bill…

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The Lowell Sun: Letter to the Editor: Pass medical aid in dying legislation
April 4, 2023

An excerpt from The Lowell Sun letter to the editor, “ Pass medical aid in dying legislation,” by North Chelmsford resident Kathi Geisler, published March 21, 2023: The fight to pass a medical aid in dying bill has been raging in Massachusetts for over a decade. How can this be when 77% of Massachusetts residents report that they…

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Demandantes Apelarán Desestimación de Demanda al Afirmar que la Constitución de Massachusetts y su Ley Estatal Permiten la Ayuda Médica para Morir
June 2, 2022

Compassion & Choices apelará la desestimación de un tribunal de Massachusetts de todos menos uno de los cargos en la demanda que afirma que la constitución estatal y la ley estatal vigente, permiten la ayuda médica para morir a los adultos con enfermedades terminales que se encuentran en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales. El…

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Mass. Medical Society Strongly Reaffirms Neutral Position on Medical Aid in Dying
May 25, 2022

Bill Supporters Say 4-1 Vote Margin to Maintain “Neutral Engagement” Stance May Improve Chances for Advancing Bill by June 1 Committee Deadline Compassion & Choices praised the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) for voting to maintain a neutral position on legislation giving terminally ill patients the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable…

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