A growing number of national and state medical organizations have endorsed or adopted a neutral position regarding medical aid in dying as an end-of-life option for mentally capable, terminally ill adults.
National Organizations that Support Medical Aid in Dying
- American College of Legal Medicine
- American Medical Student Association
- American Medical Women’s Association
- American Public Health Association
- GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
State Organizations that Support Medical Aid in Dying
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- New York State Academy of Family Physicians
- The Nevada State Medical Association
National Organizations with a Neutral Position on Medical Aid in Dying
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- American Nurses Association
- American Academy of Neurology
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
State Organizations with a Neutral Position on Medical Aid in Dying
- The Arizona Academy of Family Physicians
- The California Academy of Family Physicians
- The California Medical Association
- The Colorado Medical Society
- The Connecticut State Medical Society
- Hawai‘i Society of Clinical Oncology
- Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
- Medical Association of Georgia
- Medical Society of Delaware
- The Medical Society of the District of Columbia
- The Maine Medical Association
- The Maryland State Medical Society
- The Massachusetts Medical Society
- The Minnesota Medical Association
- Medical Society of Virginia
- The New Mexico Medical Society
- The Oregon Medical Association
- Rhode Island Medical Society
- Vermont Medical Society
- Washington Academy of Family Physicians
