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California and Hawaii Release Annual Reports on Medical Aid-in-Dying Laws

Data show growing participation and underscore the need to improve access and increase diversity. Read More

Volunteer Spotlight: Daniel Turner-Lloveras, MD

Serendipity led the California physician and member of Compassion & Choices’ Latino Leadership Council to an unplanned focus in palliative care. Read More

Remembering Fay Hoh Yin

Dedicated Compassion & Choices ally and advocate for medical aid in dying in New York, Fay Hoh Yin died July 20 of incurable T-cell lymphoma, which she had been undergoing treatment for in Brooklyn. We are forever grateful to Fay and her daughter, Monona, for their contributions to the movement. Read More

July Webinars Include Arena Stage Panel, Chat With Actor Anna Camp

Our efforts to stay connected from a distance continued with discussions on civil liberties, healthcare rationing and a new film about medical aid in dying. Read More

In the Media

• Member of both Compassion & Choices’ board of directors and African American Leadership Council Dr. Lucille Ridgill’s op-ed “Black People Suffer Disproportionately From Dementia Crisis” ran in AFRO News, The Charlotte Post, The Florida Star and several other papers.
• “Civil rights aren’t suspended during a pandemic,” said Compassion & Choices Northwest Regional Policy Manager Jennifer Parrish Taylor in a Public News Service article about a new Oregon law allowing support people to accompany patients with disabilities in medical facilities.
• West Hawaii Today talked to Compassion & Choices State Director Samantha Trad about year one of the Our Care, Our Choice Act in the story, “Big Island doctor says having an aid-in-dying option improves end-of-life care.”

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