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Our Magazine Archive

As the way we share our work continues to evolve, Compassion & Choices has transitioned from our magazine to a new twice-yearly newsletter, offering timely updates, stories of impact and important news about our work to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

While our magazine is no longer in production, we are pleased to continue making past issues available. We invite you to explore the archives below and revisit the stories, milestones and people who have helped shape our work over the years.

Enjoy exploring our magazine archive!

Spring 2026

Understanding VSED, the full picture of your care and options, victory in New York and much more!

Winter 2026

Illinois becomes 13th U.S. jurisdiction to authorize medical aid in dying, A practical guide to getting the care you truly want, Your questions about medical aid in dying, answered and more!

Annual Report 2025

We’re celebrating the progress we’ve made this year and staying firm in our advocacy. Delaware’s victory opened doors, but we need to keep up the momentum. Everything documented in these pages is made possible by our grassroots efforts with supporters like you, from West Virginia to California, from Minnesota to New York and from Florida to Massachusetts.

Spring 2025

Meet some of the powerful advocates driving the end-of-life options movement, learn how we successfully opposed criminalizing doctors in Montana this spring, and much more!

Winter 2025

In this issue, Five Questions for Dolores Huerta, the iconic civil rights activist, and much more.

Fall 2024

In this issue, A conversation with Tembi Locke, Author, co-creator and executive producer of the Netflix adaptation, From Scratch, End-of-Life Conversations take the stage, and much more.

Summer 2024

In this issue, litigator Jon Eisenberg discusses the Terri Schiavo case, advocates share their journeys to supporting the movement and much more.

Winter 2024

In this edition, we speak with "Last Flight Home" filmmaker Ondi Timoner, detail how best to choose your healthcare surrogate or proxy, dispel end-of-life care misconceptions and highlight our incredible Journey Home event.

Fall 2023

In this issue, we're celebrating heroes of the movement, introducing our five-year strategic plan and much more.

Summer 2023

Read about our conversation with Alua Arthur, our National Emergency and Palliative Medicine Initiative, the death positivity movement and more!

Winter 2023

Barbara Coombs Lee answers our five questions, learn how to speak to a dying person, protecting self-determination and more!

Fall 2022

A Samuel L. Jackson miniseries addresses end-of-life issues, we discuss how end-of-life planning can be a gift to your loved ones and talk about how Compassion & Choices represented one Oregon doctor who achieved victory that could reverberate nationwide.

Summer 2022

Andrew Flack’s cancer diagnosis drives him to educate the public about medical aid in dying; we address how to ensure meaningful access; we share stories from death doulas and talk to Nurse Penny.

Winter 2022

As we move into 2022 and look back over the last 50 years, the advancement of the end-of-life options movement from the fringes into the mainstream has been remarkable.

Fall 2021

Meet Dr. Chandana Banerjee, C&C board member on the frontlines of clinical equity; read about Wooden Nickels, the mixed-reality play about end-of-life planning; dive deeper into our dementia tools and so much more in this issue.

Summer 2021

Learn about our path to victory in New Mexico, Alabama lawmaker Rep. Laura Hall who is prioritizing end-of-life planning in the African American community, Diane Rehm's journey to open up the conversation around death, and five questions for screenwriter and producer Judith Auberjonois.

Winter 2021

We look at the captivating depiction of life’s end through the lens of centuries of artists; Compassion & Choices unveils our exciting newly commissioned song about personal empowerment and autonomy.

Fall 2020

Actor James Naughton, who is advocating for medical aid in dying in his home state of Connecticut, sits down for our Five Questions series; Kim Callinan forecasts what’s in store for the movement; civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. discusses ensuring better outcomes for Black Americans and much more.

Summer 2020

Dr. Jeff Gardere considers end-of-life issues from a clinical, ethical and spiritual perspective; we find new ways of connecting amid the pandemic; and faith leaders strengthen our movement.

Winter 2020

In this issue, we take a look at end-of-life perspectives across generations, sit down with actress Anna Camp, highlight our constituency work and much more!

Summer 2019

We interview Dan Diaz about his work to honor the legacy of his late wife, Brittany Maynard, who transformed our movement and changed the national conversation about end-of-life options with her story. We also provide you with a preview of our free online tools that support patients with dementia, and speak with Executive Volunteer Evan Pulvers about her pioneering work to build a medical aid-in-dying training program for resident physicians.

Spring 2019

Fall 2018

For the Fall 2018 issue, we celebrate the passage of medical aid in dying in Hawai‘i, our new five-year strategic plan, and the legal battle over the California End of Life Option Act. Our feature this month is five questions for actor and activist Mauricio Ochmann.

Spring 2018

Compassion & Choices celebrates the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act passing out of the state legislature and heading to Governor Murphy’s desk, introduce our multi-state, bilingual campaign with Civil Rights icon Dolores Huerta “End-of-Life Options for ALL” and Barbara Coombs Lee shares an excerpt from her her book Finish Strong: Putting YOUR Priorities First at Life’s End.