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Group Responds to Anti-Medical-Aid-in-Dying Lawsuits, Emphasizes New York and Illinois Laws Do Not Discriminate Against People with Disabilities

June 11, 2026

Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, spoke out forcefully Thursday after a group of plaintiffs — led by the anti-medical-aid-in-dying group Institute for Patients’ Rights — sued Gov. Kathy Hochul’s and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administrations in an effort to block implementation of the medical aid-in-dying laws in New York and Illinois. …

Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Pregnancy Exclusion in Kansas’ Living Will Law

May 27, 2026

Compassion Legal: The End of Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, and Irigonegaray & Revenaugh applauded a ruling by Douglas County District Court, in Kansas, denying a motion to dismiss their state lawsuit on behalf of three Kansas women and two Kansas physicians. The lawsuit, Vernon v. Kobach, challenges…

Michigan Pregnancy Exclusion Law is Unconstitutional

April 20, 2026

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…

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“A breakthrough moment”: New York Times credits Compassion & Choices with spearheading historic medical aid-in-dying expansion

June 15, 2026

“Everything about cancer treatment is hard,” says Jules Netherland, “but my death doesn’t have to be.” Since 2019, Jules has undergone many courses of chemotherapy, multiple major surgeries, and more than two dozen rounds of radiation to treat what is now metastatic breast cancer. She also became an advocate for the option of medical aid…

What does dying well with dementia look like?

June 15, 2026

“[My mother’s] wishes for her end-of-life care were honored because I knew what they were, and I stood firmly by them.” Edie had lived with dementia for years, but when she became ill with COVID-19 at the age of 91, she took a turn for the worse. Her son, Peter, was by her side and…

On Aging 2026: Bringing end-of-life planning tools to professionals

June 4, 2026

In a country where only one in three adults has completed an advance directive, we seek to collaborate with partners and professionals who have the power to help change that number. The American Society on Aging (ASA) is one of those partners, and we are so happy to have attended On Aging 2026. This exciting…

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