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.
(Santa Fe, NM) – El Comité de Salud y Servicios Humanos de la Cámara Baja de Nuevo México aprobó hoy un proyecto de ley que permitiría a los adultos con enfermedades terminales la opción de solicitar una receta médica para un medicamento que pueden decidir para morir en paz, mientras duermen si su sufrimiento se…
The New Mexico House Health & Human Services Committee today approved a bill that would allow terminally ill adults the option to request a doctor’s prescription for medication they can decide to take to die peacefully in their sleep if their suffering becomes unbearable by a 4-3 vote. The Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act (SB 153/HB 90) now moves to the House of Representatives for a floor vote.
Compassion & Choices felicitó al Concejo Municipal de Las Cruces por votar unánimemente para aprobar una resolución bipartidista en apoyo a la medida de ayuda médica para morir en Nuevo México. Las Cruces es la tercera jurisdicción de Nuevo México que respalda la ayuda médica para morir en los últimos meses, y la segunda en…
Compassion & Choices commended the Las Cruces City Council for voting unanimously to approve a bipartisan resolution in support of medical aid-in-dying legislation in New Mexico. Las Cruces is the third New Mexico jurisdiction to endorse medical aid in dying in recent months, and the second to do so with unanimous vote. Local lawmakers in…
To recognize Day of the Dead, Compassion & Choices, along with community members, honored the memory of loved ones who have passed. In addition to honoring our loved ones, legislators and advocates, who support the New Mexico End of Life Options Act, spoke on behalf of their support of the legislation. The bill would allow…
The city will formally support a bill authorizing the practice when it comes before the New Mexico Legislature next year. The Santa Fe City Council passed a bipartisan resolution in support of medical aid-in-dying legislation in New Mexico six votes to two on September 12. This makes Santa Fe the second jurisdiction in New Mexico…
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…
Compassion & Choices commended the Albuquerque City Council for voting unanimously (9-0) on a bipartisan resolution in support of medical aid-in-dying legislation in New Mexico. The vote makes Albuquerque the first jurisdiction in New Mexico to endorse medical aid in dying, a medical practice which gives mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or…
SANTA FE, NM– Compassion & Choices and ACLU of New Mexico commend Representative Deborah Armstrong and co-sponsor, Representative Bill McCamley, for filing the the End-of-Life Options Act, HB 171. The measure would allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults in New Mexico the ability to request a prescription from their doctor that they may self-administer to…
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