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SB 403 Would Make The End-of-Life Option Act Permanent in California

La Gobernadora Hochul tiene la oportunidad de hacer lo correcto considerando los méritos obtenidos que también coinciden con la postura de la mayoría de los votantes neoyorquinos. Hay que Ganar, Ganar

“Gov. Hochul has the opportunity to do the right thing on the merits, which also happens to be the position of the majority of New York voters. Win, win.”

By Corinne Carey, New York Campaign Senior Director A June 14 column by Ross Douthat in The New York Times, “Why the Euthanasia Slope Is Slippery,” is built on a mistaken idea. Because it gathered a fair amount of attention, I want to explain why his argument just doesn’t hold up. Douthat argued that “you…

With most state legislative sessions done for the year, Compassion & Choices’ National Center for Medical Aid in Dying is celebrating our wins and taking stock of ongoing campaigns.

Thanks to my parents’ careful planning, we didn’t have to make any last-minute decisions that could have turned into disagreements about Mom’s care.

Care Prepared, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is partnering with the national nonprofit Compassion & Choices to offer a Maryland-specific version of the Dementia Values & Priorities Tool on their website

Our team is working around the clock to show her why New Yorkers need this compassionate option. We won’t stop until we make New York the 13th jurisdiction to authorize medical aid in dying.

Wednesday, June 25th, marks the 35th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the fight for patient-directed care. On this day in 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, the first case in which the Court formally recognized a constitutional right to refuse unwanted medical treatment. For…