Medical aid in dying is authorized in New Mexico. On March 15, 2023, the House floor heard the Third Reading of SB 471, and it unanimously passed (66-0), clarifying that healthcare providers are able to refuse to participate in Medical Aid in Dying for reasons of conscience. The law was signed by Governor Lujan Grisham (D).
End of Life Options New Mexico is a 501c3 organization that provides support and education for advance care planning to ensure New Mexicans have a clear understanding of their rights and all the options available to them.
For over five decades, Dr. Bailey dedicated himself to dismantling systemic barriers, working directly with local government, schools, law enforcement, and community organizations to ensure that marginalized voices were heard.
Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to be the most comprehensive resource for those wanting to understand or use medical aid-in-dying laws.
Más de 100 residentes de Nuevo México con enfermedades terminales utilizaron el Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act o Ley de Opciones para el Fin de Vida Elizabeth Whitefield, para morir pacíficamente, desde que la ley entró en vigor en junio del 2021, según informan los clínicos. La mayoría (90%) de esos pacientes estaban inscritos en…
More than 100 terminally ill New Mexicans used the Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act to die peacefully since the law went into effect in June 2021, clinicians report. The majority (90%) of those patients were enrolled in hospice and the prescribing clinicians were at their bedside. The law allows terminally ill, mentally capable adults the…
Compassion & Choices elogió hoy al Concejo Municipal de Albuquerque por su voto unánime (9-0) en una resolución bipartidista que apoya la ayuda médica para morir en Nuevo México. El voto convierte a Albuquerque en la primer jurisdicción de Nuevo México que apoya la ayuda médica para morir. Dicha práctica médica al final de la…
Read the full op-ed on USAToday.com. “I couldn’t take her pain away.” Those were the words of Danny King after his wife Sharon King died. She is reportedly one of the first New Mexico residents to use the state’s new groundbreaking law that allows terminally ill adults to have better access to medical aid in dying. The law – which allows patients to take prescription…
After years of effort, the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act went into effect June 18. The same day, Compassion & Choices launched the bilingual New Mexico Access Campaign to educate the public and provide technical assistance to healthcare providers and medical systems about the new law. This campaign is built on our 24 years of…
Compassion & Choices lanzó una Campaña de Acceso Bilingüe en Nuevo México, para educar al público y brindar ayuda técnica a los proveedores médicos, así como a los sistemas de cuidados de salud, sobre el Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act (HB 47 o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida (HB 47), que entra en…
Compassion & Choices has launched the bilingual New Mexico Access Campaign to educate the public and to provide technical assistance to healthcare providers and healthcare systems about the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act (HB 47) that goes into effect today. The law gives terminally ill, mentally capable adult residents of New Mexico with six months…
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