On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the Minnesota End-of-Life Options Act (House File 2998 and Senate File 3215) was officially introduced.
Just two days later, on Thursday, April 3, Gina Schneider, Minnesota Campaign & Advocacy Manager, joined Rep. Mike Freiberg, the bill’s chief author, along with Tom Ablin, a Minnesotan living with ALS and advocate for medical aid in dying, and Becki Sinks, who tragically lost her husband to suicide during his terminal illness, to speak before lawmakers, advocates, and members of the media.
Together, they made a powerful and heartfelt case for passing the Minnesota End-of-Life Options Act—underscoring the urgent need for compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life choices in our state.
Do you support end-of-life options in Minnesota?
By a three-to-one margin, Minnesotans 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. See more polling data.
Inspired by Brittany Maynard’s story in People magazine last year, Sally Settle’s mother, dying of leukemia, considered doing the same thing: relocating to Oregon from her home state of Minnesota in order to access medical aid in dying. “But it wasn’t realistic,” her daughter explains. “You can’t fathom giving up the last bit of time you have with your…
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