Major backlash to rules proposed in February prompted the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to announce at the end of April that it would ex...
Throughout this year’s Asian American, Native Hawai’ian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, Compassion & Choices expr...
So far in 2023, the movement and terminally ill advocates have made some remarkable progress. Most recently, in partnership with Patient Choices...
Vermont’s Action Will Help Terminally Ill Adults in Other States Access Peaceful Dying OptionAdvocates for improving end-of-life care opti...
I recently read a thought-provoking op-ed in the New York Times by palliative care physician Dr. Sunita Puri. She reflected on society’s &...
National Healthcare Decisions Day takes place annually on April 16 and is managed by the Conversation Project to “inspire, educate and emp...
Authored by Kim Callinan, Compassion & Choices president and CEOBetsy Van DornIn September 2000, the World Federation of Right to Die ...
Advocates for improving access to medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults across Washington share relief and gratitude today after Govern...
Over the past decade, the end-of-life choice movement has grown from being a citizen-activist effort to pass medical aid-in-dying legislation in...
This legislative session, the impact of Compassion & Choices’ and Compassion & Choices Action Network’s robust advocacy work...
Compassion & Choices is proud to present Rabbi Ariel Stone with this year’s Rev. Dr. Paul Smith award. The annual accolade, which cele...
Lynda Bluestein, a terminally ill Connecticut woman, and Dr. Diana Barnard, a Vermont physician, reached a settlement with Vermont officials Tue...
Great news on Full Circle of Living and Dying v. Sanchez, a California federal case headed by public-interest law firm Institute for Justice: On...
Three outstanding additions at the executive level promise to carry our movement to new heights of beneficence and inclusivity.
As I write this, the nation has just received the news that President Jimmy Carter is nearing the end of his life. His choice to forgo curative ...
Montanans representing 88% of state voters who oppose legislation that would subject physicians to homicide charges if they provided medical aid...
This Black History Month, Compassion & Choices is celebrating Black leaders within our organization who bring their unique and invaluable pe...
On January 5, the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the Safeguarding the Rights of Conscienc...
What began in 2019 as a one-day educational opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn more about transitioning treatment from curative t...
At Compassion & Choices, we believe that people have the right to die in a way that is consistent with their personal priorities and values ...
