Note: We are not a general legal services provider. We focus on legal issues specifically related to end-of-life care and patient autonomy.
Our experienced team of litigators work closely with our pro bono counsel to enforce and expand the rights of terminally ill people. Through our work in the courts, we fight to ensure that everyone can receive high-quality end-of-life care that is in line with their values, wishes and beliefs. In every case we are involved in, Compassion & Choices’ dedicated legal team prioritizes and seeks to advance patient-directed care.
Last week, Michigan’s law that denied pregnant people the ability to make important decisions about their end-of-life care–commonly referred to as a Pregnancy Exclusion– was ruled unconstitutional under Michigan’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment. The decision came after Michigan women, physicians, and patient advocates joined together to file a lawsuit challenging a Michigan law that denied pregnant…
United States Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak issued a Recommendation on Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, United Spinal v. Colorado, that the Plaintiffs’ claims be dismissed and the pending Motion to Intervene be denied without prejudice. The Magistrate Judge concluded that the Plaintiffs lack standing because none can demonstrate an actual, concrete,…
On April 1 , Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with Ryan Chabot of WilmerHale, filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of two Delaware end-of-life advocates and Compassion & Choices Action Network (the Action Network) seeking to protect Delaware’s medical aid-in-dying law. The…
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