Colorado – Compassion & Choices

Magistrate Judge Recommends Dismissal of Challenge to Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Law for Lack of Standing

Katie Wingo April 3, 2026 No Comments

United States Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak issued a Recommendation on Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, United Spinal v. Colorado, that the Plaintiffs’ claims be dismissed and…

Group Requests to Intervene in United Spinal Association Lawsuit, Arguing Colorado Law Does Not Discriminate Against People with Disabilities

lukej October 8, 2025 No Comments

A patient, a physician, and a licensed professional counselor specializing in eating disorders joined Compassion & Choices Action Network Tuesday in filing a motion to intervene and oppose a lawsuit…

Grupo Presenta Demanda Impugnando Mandato de Residencia en Ley de Ayuda Médica para Morir

lukej May 23, 2025 No Comments

Demanda Federal Alega que el Requisito de Residencia en Ley de Ayuda Médica para Morir de Colorado es Inconstitucional. Compassion & Choices presentó hoy una demanda federal en nombre de…

Group Files Lawsuit Challenging Residency Mandate of Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

lukej May 22, 2025 No Comments

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Residency Requirement in Colorado Medical Aid-in-Dying Law is Unconstitutional Compassion & Choices today filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a terminally-ill Minnesota resident and two Colorado…

Cathryn Bauer

lukej November 19, 2024 No Comments

Cathryn shared her story in February of 2024. Ted looked at the camera. “Well, I made it to 73,” he began. He said how pleased and proud he was that…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – Colorado

lukej July 10, 2024 No Comments

Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication from a physician…

Meghan Reese

lukej June 17, 2024 No Comments

Meghan Reese shared her story in February of 2024. Even though we had a plan, my mother did not die on her own terms. We could not complete the seemingly…

Ellen Tanner, Mary Tanner and Ashley Baugh

lukej June 14, 2024 No Comments

Ron Tanner was a singer, small business developer and community volunteer who moved from Illinois to Colorado in 2022 to access the state’s medical aid-in-dying law and end his suffering…

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