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.
An excerpt from the Stoughton Journal Online letter to the editor, “Time to pass Kafka’s medical aid-in-dying bill,” by Quincy resident and Compassion & Choices Massachusetts Campaign Manager Brian Monteiro, published June 19, 2020: “Contrary to Matt Valliere’s claims, it is factually incorrect to equate someone who wants to prematurely end their life because they…
An excerpt from The Daily Hampshire Gazette letter to the editor, “Mark Peterson: Urges ‘death with dignity’ bill to become law,” by Easthampton resident Mark Peterson, published June 10, 2020: “Kudos to the Gazette for its May 29 editorial “Time for The End of Life Options Act,” and for its May 30 op-ed article called…
An excerpt from the Telegram & Gazette letter to the editor, “End of Life Options Act should be supported,” by Worcester resident Willa Kahn, MD, published June 12, 2020: “As concerned as I am about the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to add my voice to the letters of Dr. DePrez and Dr. Harrington…
This is an excerpt from the June 1, 2020 edition of the India New England News. Read the full article. BOSTON–Massachusetts supporters of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care option urged state lawmakers to pass the bill after the Joint Committee on Public Health approved it late Friday afternoon…
Massachusetts supporters of legislation that would authorize medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care option urged state lawmakers to pass the bill after the Joint Committee on Public Health approved it late Friday for the first time since it was originally introduced by Rep. Louis L. Kafka in 2011. More than seven out of…
Los partidarios de la medida de ley de Massachusetts que podría autorizar la ayuda médica para morir como una opción de cuidados para fin de vida, hicieron un llamado a los legisladores estatales para que se apruebe dicha medida. Esto ocurrió después que El Comité Conjunto de Salud Pública aprobó el proyecto de ley por…
An excerpt from The Daily Hampshire Gazette guest column, “Elders support death with dignity,” published May 29, 2020: “We know full well that our lawmakers need to do all they can to ease the medical and economic pain of the COVID-19 crisis for our citizens. But we believe they could also provide relief from suffering…
An excerpt from The Daily Hampshire Gazette editorial, “Time to act on ‘death with dignity’ bill,” published May 28, 2020: “For some, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought end-of-life issues into renewed focus, as more than 6,500 lives have been lost statewide to the virus. As we’ve editorialized on these pages several times over the years,…
An excerpt from The Berkshire Eagle editorial, “Our Opinion: Time has come for End of Life Options Act,” published May 21, 2020: “…with COVID-19, which has claimed more than 6,000 lives around the state, prompting a renewed focus on end-of-life issues, we believe that this will be the time the legislation [End of Life Options…
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